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A timer object for the classes SNDRV_TIMER_CLASS_CARD and SNDRV_TIMER_CLASS_PCM has to be associated with a card object, but we have no check at creation time. Such a timer object with NULL card causes various unexpected problems, e.g. NULL dereference at reading the sound timer proc file. So as preventive measure while the creating the sound timer object is created the card information availability is checked for the mentioned entries and returned error if its NULL. Signed-off-by: Srikanth K H <srikanth.h@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.