Hi,

I'm trying to figure out if there would be any sane way to perform codec reconfiguration live, without requiring to stop/disconnect all running applications. Currently, sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c: snd_hda_codec_reset() doesn't allow to be called while the device is in use (returns -EBUSY). I'm looking for some advice before digging further.

We're currently in the final phase of a product design and noticed some audio instability when the system is subjected to ESD. The issue seems to be that the codec (Realtek ALC892) falls in an unknown state and stops communicating properly with the audio controller (Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, as reported by lspci).

Whenever this happens, all capture device buffers and pointers from in /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/status fall to 0 like so: ----------------------- state: RUNNING owner_pid : 1384 trigger_time: 104807.286533210 tstamp : 104807.292766671 delay : 0 avail : 0 avail_max : 0 ----- hw_ptr : 0 appl_ptr : 0 -----------------------

Reloading snd_hda_intel or reconfiguring the codec (using CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG' /sys/class/sound/hwC0D1/reconfig) brings it back on its feet, but this requires stopping all applications.

Kernel is 4.9.61, and we are using jackd version 0.125.0.

If anyone has any pointers about this, I'm all ears!

Thanks, Dominique Bureau