Hello kernel team,

An has been reported an issue with 4.4.y-st on IRC.
Forwarding it here so all can see.

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Hi guys. I can't make it to the meeting(s) but wanted to let you know that a recent commit to the 4.4.y-st branch (and potentially others) introduced an annoying bug. Commit link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cip/linux-cip.git/commit/sound/soc/soc-ops.c?h=linux-4.4.y-st&id=7a78bde1faa42e0057350378baf518a04b3bae58

The issue is that "val > mc->platform_max" check which would need to be adjusted by "min" as done for a similar function in https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cip/linux-cip.git/commit/sound/soc/soc-ops.c?h=linux-4.4.y-st&id=e41846dbe6f49d305c1a8fc229c5deabd66e3e24

Others already did that (e.g. https://github.com/baunilla/android_kernel_xiaomi_rosy/commit/969b9d366c1e9564e173aea325ec544dcd7804ff) but I've only found a mention in the kernel ML but seemingly it wasn't resolved

This bug (in short) e.g. leads to wired headsets being unusable on phones using this kernel. Due to the to-eager check the mic volume isn't changed leading to a feedback loop.
Hope that helps.
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Thank you Flamefire for reporting!

Kind regards, Chris