[PATCH 0/4] ASoC: Fixes for the MT8188 sound card

[PATCH 0/4] ASoC: Fixes for the MT8188 sound card

[Michał Kopeć]

These patches fix problems found while bringing up audio with SOF on
the Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 (Ciri, MT8188) on a mainline kernel.

The first two fix the common MediaTek sound card probe when the card
cannot be bound on the first attempt. A missing component made the
card fail its rebind because the codec references were already
released, and a deferred or failed probe left the static card with a
topology name that devm had freed, so the card registered with a
garbage name and UCM found no profile for it.

The third limits the UL8 front end on MT8188 to what its only back end,
ETDM1_IN, supports, so that userspace can no longer pick a
configuration that fails in hw_params.

The fourth is not MediaTek specific: hdmi-codec parsed the all-zero
ELD that bridges return without a sink, which logged "Unknown ELD
version 0" on every open of a disconnected HDMI/DP PCM.

Tested on Ciri.

Michał Kopeć (4):
  ASoC: mediatek: common: Keep codec references until the card is bound
  ASoC: mediatek: Don't keep a freed topology name in the static card
  ASoC: mediatek: mt8188: Constrain UL8 FE to its back end's
    capabilities
  ASoC: hdmi-codec: Don't parse an empty ELD on startup

 sound/soc/codecs/hdmi-codec.c                 |  8 ++-
 .../mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c    | 67 ++++++++++++++++++-
 sound/soc/mediatek/mt8188/mt8188-mt6359.c     |  3 +
 3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


base-commit: 0d6ef8b530db8dbad6b06309cf2683f1032f8013
-- 
2.55.0

[PATCH 1/4] ASoC: mediatek: common: Keep codec references until the card is bound

[Michał Kopeć]

mtk_soundcard_common_probe() drops the codec references parsed from the
devicetree right after devm_snd_soc_register_card() returns. When a
component is still missing, snd_soc_bind_card() queues the card for a
later rebind and registration still returns success, so the card is not
instantiated yet. The rebind reuses the same dai_link array, but with the
codec references released both the codec name and of_node are unset, so
it fails the dai link sanity check and the sound card never appears.

Release the references right away only when the card was instantiated
or registration failed. Otherwise keep them for the rebind and release
them when the device is unbound.

Fixes: bce93a162505 ("ASoC: mediatek: Add common machine soundcard driver probe mechanism")
Signed-off-by: Michał Kopeć <michal@nozomi.space>
---
 .../mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c    | 23 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c b/sound/soc/mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c
index 2d39ff23f8540..4bb98412feb11 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c
+++ b/sound/soc/mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ void clean_card_reference(struct snd_soc_card *card)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clean_card_reference);
 
+static void mtk_soundcard_put_card_reference(void *data)
+{
+	clean_card_reference(data);
+}
+
 int mtk_soundcard_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 			  enum mtk_pcm_constraint_type ctype)
 {
@@ -325,8 +330,22 @@ int mtk_soundcard_common_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_card(&pdev->dev, card);
 
-	if (!needs_legacy_probe)
-		clean_card_reference(card);
+	/*
+	 * When a component is still missing, snd_soc_bind_card() queues the
+	 * card for a later rebind and returns success, so the card is not
+	 * instantiated yet. That rebind reuses this same dai_link array, so
+	 * the codec references parsed from the devicetree must be kept until
+	 * the device is unbound: dropping them leaves both name and of_node
+	 * unset and the rebind fails the dai link sanity check instead.
+	 */
+	if (!needs_legacy_probe) {
+		if (ret || snd_soc_card_is_instantiated(card))
+			clean_card_reference(card);
+		else
+			ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(&pdev->dev,
+						       mtk_soundcard_put_card_reference,
+						       card);
+	}
 
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Cannot register card\n");
-- 
2.55.0

[PATCH 2/4] ASoC: mediatek: Don't keep a freed topology name in the static card

[Michał Kopeć]

The machine drivers pass a static snd_soc_card, which outlives any one
probe. With SOF, mtk_soundcard_common_probe() calls
snd_soc_card_set_topology_name(), which devm-allocates "sof-<name>",
stores it in card->topology_shortname and points card->name at it.

If the probe then fails or defers, devm frees the string, but the static
card keeps both pointers. The next probe does not allocate a new name,
because topology_shortname is already set, so the card registers with
whatever now occupies that memory:

  input: \xc0cr\xc2 DP Jack as /devices/platform/sound/sound/card0/input10

UCM matches profiles by card name, so userspace then finds no profile and
the card is unusable until the next boot.

Save the original name before setting the topology name, and restore it
from a devm action that runs before the string is freed.

Fixes: ec4489c43efe ("ASoC: soc-card: add snd_soc_card_set_topology_name()")
Signed-off-by: Michał Kopeć <michal@nozomi.space>
---
 .../mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c    | 44 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c b/sound/soc/mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c
index 4bb98412feb11..a84f4ab4488b7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c
+++ b/sound/soc/mediatek/common/mtk-soundcard-driver.c
@@ -185,6 +185,43 @@ const struct snd_soc_ops mtk_soundcard_common_capture_ops = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtk_soundcard_common_capture_ops);
 
+struct mtk_soundcard_name {
+	struct snd_soc_card *card;
+	const char *name;
+};
+
+static void mtk_soundcard_restore_name(void *data)
+{
+	struct mtk_soundcard_name *saved = data;
+
+	saved->card->name = saved->name;
+	saved->card->topology_shortname = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The card is static and outlives this probe, but the topology name is
+ * devm-allocated. Restore the original name when the probe's resources are
+ * released, so that a deferred or failed probe does not leave the card name
+ * pointing to freed memory for the next one.
+ */
+static int mtk_soundcard_set_topology_name(struct device *dev,
+					   struct snd_soc_card *card)
+{
+	struct mtk_soundcard_name *saved;
+
+	saved = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*saved), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!saved)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	saved->card = card;
+	saved->name = card->name;
+	card->topology_shortname = NULL;
+
+	snd_soc_card_set_topology_name(card, "sof");
+
+	return devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, mtk_soundcard_restore_name, saved);
+}
+
 int mtk_soundcard_common_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device_node *platform_node, *adsp_node, *accdet_node;
@@ -292,7 +329,12 @@ int mtk_soundcard_common_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		card->probe = mtk_sof_card_probe;
 		card->late_probe = mtk_sof_card_late_probe;
 
-		snd_soc_card_set_topology_name(card, "sof");
+		ret = mtk_soundcard_set_topology_name(&pdev->dev, card);
+		if (ret) {
+			of_node_put(adsp_node);
+			of_node_put(platform_node);
+			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
-- 
2.55.0

[PATCH 3/4] ASoC: mediatek: mt8188: Constrain UL8 FE to its back end's capabilities

[Michał Kopeć]

UL8 advertises up to 24 channels, but its only back end, ETDM1_IN,
supports at most 16, and its bit clock is limited to 24.576 MHz.
Without merged constraints, userspace can open UL8 with 48 kHz, 24
channels and 32-bit slots, which then fails in hw_params:

  mtk_dai_etdm_configure bck rate 36864000 not support
  ASoC error (-22): at snd_soc_dai_hw_params() on ETDM1_IN

Set dpcm_merged_chan/rate/format, as the DL front ends already do, so
the FE only offers configurations the back end can accept.

Fixes: 96035d46d4b4 ("ASoC: mediatek: mt8188: add machine driver with mt6359")
Signed-off-by: Michał Kopeć <michal@nozomi.space>
---
 sound/soc/mediatek/mt8188/mt8188-mt6359.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/soc/mediatek/mt8188/mt8188-mt6359.c b/sound/soc/mediatek/mt8188/mt8188-mt6359.c
index 75c90d1d165f7..f07aeb6371083 100644
--- a/sound/soc/mediatek/mt8188/mt8188-mt6359.c
+++ b/sound/soc/mediatek/mt8188/mt8188-mt6359.c
@@ -1142,6 +1142,9 @@ static struct snd_soc_dai_link mt8188_mt6359_dai_links[] = {
 		},
 		.dynamic = 1,
 		.capture_only = 1,
+		.dpcm_merged_chan = 1,
+		.dpcm_merged_rate = 1,
+		.dpcm_merged_format = 1,
 		SND_SOC_DAILINK_REG(capture8),
 	},
 	[DAI_LINK_UL9_FE] = {
-- 
2.55.0

[PATCH 4/4] ASoC: hdmi-codec: Don't parse an empty ELD on startup

[Michał Kopeć]

A bridge's get_eld() returns an all-zero ELD when no sink is connected.
hdmi_codec_startup() parses it unconditionally, so every open of a
disconnected HDMI/DP PCM logs:

  hdmi-audio-codec: HDMI: Unknown ELD version 0

Skip parsing when the ELD is empty and clear the previously parsed
copy instead. The ELD hw constraint already falls back to basic stereo
rates for an empty ELD, so stream setup is unchanged. plugged_cb()
likewise treats a parse failure as debug-only.

Signed-off-by: Michał Kopeć <michal@nozomi.space>
---
 sound/soc/codecs/hdmi-codec.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/hdmi-codec.c b/sound/soc/codecs/hdmi-codec.c
index 7aa50c5bd3df8..0e1e532dfc634 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/hdmi-codec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/hdmi-codec.c
@@ -475,8 +475,12 @@ static int hdmi_codec_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		snd_parse_eld(dai->dev, &hcp->eld_parsed,
-			      hcp->eld, sizeof(hcp->eld));
+		/* An empty ELD means no sink is connected; nothing to parse. */
+		if (hcp->eld[0])
+			snd_parse_eld(dai->dev, &hcp->eld_parsed,
+				      hcp->eld, sizeof(hcp->eld));
+		else
+			memset(&hcp->eld_parsed, 0, sizeof(hcp->eld_parsed));
 
 		ret = snd_pcm_hw_constraint_eld(substream->runtime, hcp->eld);
 		if (ret)
-- 
2.55.0

Re: [PATCH 0/4] ASoC: Fixes for the MT8188 sound card

[Mark Brown]

On Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:44:57 +0200, Michał Kopeć wrote:
> ASoC: Fixes for the MT8188 sound card
> 
> These patches fix problems found while bringing up audio with SOF on
> the Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 (Ciri, MT8188) on a mainline kernel.
> 
> The first two fix the common MediaTek sound card probe when the card
> cannot be bound on the first attempt. A missing component made the
> card fail its rebind because the codec references were already
> released, and a deferred or failed probe left the static card with a
> topology name that devm had freed, so the card registered with a
> garbage name and UCM found no profile for it.
> 
> [...]

Applied to

   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound.git for-7.4

Thanks!

[1/4] ASoC: mediatek: common: Keep codec references until the card is bound
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/sound/c/6cb1f09e1f69
[2/4] ASoC: mediatek: Don't keep a freed topology name in the static card
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/sound/c/50c5d7f3a9b4
[3/4] ASoC: mediatek: mt8188: Constrain UL8 FE to its back end's capabilities
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/sound/c/76775717c4ad
[4/4] ASoC: hdmi-codec: Don't parse an empty ELD on startup
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/sound/c/d0b9e91b87c9

All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
tree (usually sometime in the next 24 hours) and sent to Linus during
the next merge window (or sooner if it is a bug fix), however if
problems are discovered then the patch may be dropped or reverted.

You may get further e-mails resulting from automated or manual testing
and review of the tree, please engage with people reporting problems and
send followup patches addressing any issues that are reported if needed.

If any updates are required or you are submitting further changes they
should be sent as incremental updates against current git, existing
patches will not be replaced.

Please add any relevant lists and maintainers to the CCs when replying
to this mail.

Thanks,
Mark

Re: [PATCH 2/4] ASoC: mediatek: Don't keep a freed topology name in the static card

[Mark Brown]

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On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 09:44:59PM +0200, Michał Kopeć wrote:
> The machine drivers pass a static snd_soc_card, which outlives any one
> probe. With SOF, mtk_soundcard_common_probe() calls
> snd_soc_card_set_topology_name(), which devm-allocates "sof-<name>",
> stores it in card->topology_shortname and points card->name at it.

...

> Save the original name before setting the topology name, and restore it
> from a devm action that runs before the string is freed.

This is valid, but it doesn't feel like this is Mediatek specific - we
should probably move this into the core code.

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Re: [PATCH 0/4] ASoC: Fixes for the MT8188 sound card

[Mark Brown]

On Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:44:57 +0200, Michał Kopeć wrote:
> ASoC: Fixes for the MT8188 sound card
> 
> These patches fix problems found while bringing up audio with SOF on
> the Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 (Ciri, MT8188) on a mainline kernel.
> 
> The first two fix the common MediaTek sound card probe when the card
> cannot be bound on the first attempt. A missing component made the
> card fail its rebind because the codec references were already
> released, and a deferred or failed probe left the static card with a
> topology name that devm had freed, so the card registered with a
> garbage name and UCM found no profile for it.
> 
> [...]

Applied to

   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound.git for-7.4

Thanks!

[1/4] ASoC: mediatek: common: Keep codec references until the card is bound
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/sound/c/6cb1f09e1f69
[2/4] ASoC: mediatek: Don't keep a freed topology name in the static card
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/sound/c/50c5d7f3a9b4
[3/4] ASoC: mediatek: mt8188: Constrain UL8 FE to its back end's capabilities
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/sound/c/76775717c4ad
[4/4] ASoC: hdmi-codec: Don't parse an empty ELD on startup
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/sound/c/d0b9e91b87c9

All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
tree (usually sometime in the next 24 hours) and sent to Linus during
the next merge window (or sooner if it is a bug fix), however if
problems are discovered then the patch may be dropped or reverted.

You may get further e-mails resulting from automated or manual testing
and review of the tree, please engage with people reporting problems and
send followup patches addressing any issues that are reported if needed.

If any updates are required or you are submitting further changes they
should be sent as incremental updates against current git, existing
patches will not be replaced.

Please add any relevant lists and maintainers to the CCs when replying
to this mail.

Thanks,
Mark