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ALSA: control: Add verification for kctl accesses
The current implementation of ALSA control API fully relies on the callbacks of each driver, and there is no verification of the values passed via API. This patch is an attempt to improve the situation slightly by adding the validation code for the values stored via info and get callbacks. The patch adds a new kconfig, CONFIG_SND_CTL_VALIDATION. It depends on CONFIG_SND_DEBUG and off as default since the validation would require a slight overhead including the additional call of info callback at each get callback invocation. When this config is enabled, the values stored by each info callback invocation are verified, namely: - Whether the info type is valid - Whether the number of enum items is non-zero - Whether the given info count is within the allowed boundary Similarly, the values stored at each get callback are verified as well: - Whether the values are within the given range - Whether the values are aligned with the given step - Whether any fur...
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