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For reducing the unnecessary use of controls_rwsem in the drivers, this patch adds a new variant for snd_ctl_find_*() helpers: snd_ctl_find_id_locked() and snd_ctl_find_numid_locked() look for a kctl element inside the card->controls_rwsem -- that is, doing the very same as what snd_ctl_find_id() and snd_ctl_find_numid() did until now. snd_ctl_find_id() and snd_ctl_find_numid() remain same, i.e. still unlocked version, but they will be switched to locked version once after all callers are replaced. The patch also replaces the calls of snd_ctl_find_id() and snd_ctl_find_numid() in a few places; all of those are places where we know that the functions are called properly with controls_rwsem held. All others are without rwsem (although they should have been). After this patch, we'll turn on the locking in snd_ctl_find_id() and snd_ctl_find_numid() to be more race-free. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230718141304.1032-10-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Linux kernel
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
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requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.