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SubjectRe: linux-next: build failure after merge of the akpm tree
Hi Takashi,

On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:45:55 +0100 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
>
> From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
> Subject: [PATCH v2] ALSA: compress: Disable GET_CODEC_CAPS ioctl for some
> architectures
>
> Some architectures like PowerPC can handle the maximum struct size in
> an ioctl only up to 13 bits, and struct snd_compr_codec_caps used by
> SNDRV_COMPRESS_GET_CODEC_CAPS ioctl overflows this limit. This
> problem was revealed recently by a powerpc change, as it's now treated
> as a fatal build error.
>
> This patch is a workaround for that: for architectures with less than
> 14 bit ioctl struct size, get rid of the handling of the relevant
> ioctl. We should provide an alternative equivalent ioctl code later,
> but for now just paper over it. Luckily, the compress API hasn't been
> used on such architectures, so the impact must be effectively zero.
>
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
> ---
> sound/core/compress_offload.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> index 18b8dc45bb8f..0609e618107a 100644
> --- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> +++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> @@ -46,6 +46,13 @@
> #include <sound/compress_offload.h>
> #include <sound/compress_driver.h>
>
> +/* FIXME: struct snd_compr_codec_caps overflows the ioctl bit size for some
> + * architectures, so we need to disable the relevant ioctls.
> + */
> +#if _IOC_SIZEBITS < 14
> +#define COMPR_CODEC_CAPS_OVERFLOW
> +#endif
> +
> /* TODO:
> * - add substream support for multiple devices in case of
> * SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS is not used
> @@ -440,6 +447,7 @@ out:
> return retval;
> }
>
> +#ifndef COMPR_CODEC_CAPS_OVERFLOW
> static int
> snd_compr_get_codec_caps(struct snd_compr_stream *stream, unsigned long arg)
> {
> @@ -463,6 +471,7 @@ out:
> kfree(caps);
> return retval;
> }
> +#endif /* !COMPR_CODEC_CAPS_OVERFLOW */
>
> /* revisit this with snd_pcm_preallocate_xxx */
> static int snd_compr_allocate_buffer(struct snd_compr_stream *stream,
> @@ -801,9 +810,11 @@ static long snd_compr_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> case _IOC_NR(SNDRV_COMPRESS_GET_CAPS):
> retval = snd_compr_get_caps(stream, arg);
> break;
> +#ifndef COMPR_CODEC_CAPS_OVERFLOW
> case _IOC_NR(SNDRV_COMPRESS_GET_CODEC_CAPS):
> retval = snd_compr_get_codec_caps(stream, arg);
> break;
> +#endif
> case _IOC_NR(SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS):
> retval = snd_compr_set_params(stream, arg);
> break;
> --
> 2.7.0

I have replaced my other patch in my fixes tree until someone gets this
patch to Linus.
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au

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