[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] ASoC: stm32_sai: fix incorrect BCLK polarity for DSP_A/B, LEFT_J

Sasha Levin sashal at kernel.org
Mon Apr 20 06:19:53 PDT 2026


From: Tomasz Merta <tomasz.merta at arrow.com>

[ Upstream commit 0669631dbccd41cf3ca7aa70213fcd8bb41c4b38 ]

The STM32 SAI driver do not set the clock strobing bit (CKSTR) for DSP_A,
DSP_B and LEFT_J formats, causing data to be sampled on the wrong BCLK
edge when SND_SOC_DAIFMT_NB_NF is used.

Per ALSA convention, NB_NF requires sampling on the rising BCLK edge.
The STM32MP25 SAI reference manual states that CKSTR=1 is required for
signals received by the SAI to be sampled on the SCK rising edge.
Without setting CKSTR=1, the SAI samples on the falling edge, violating
the NB_NF convention. For comparison, the NXP FSL SAI driver correctly
sets FSL_SAI_CR2_BCP for DSP_A, DSP_B and LEFT_J, consistent with its
I2S handling.

This patch adds SAI_XCR1_CKSTR for DSP_A, DSP_B and LEFT_J in
stm32_sai_set_dai_fmt which was verified empirically with a cs47l35 codec.
RIGHT_J (LSB) is not investigated and addressed by this patch.

Note: the STM32 I2S driver (stm32_i2s_set_dai_fmt) may have the same issue
for DSP_A mode, as I2S_CGFR_CKPOL is not set. This has not been verified
and is left for a separate investigation.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Merta <tommerta at gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260408084056.20588-1-tommerta@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal at kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

Error: Failed to generate final synthesis

 sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c
index 5ae4d2577f28b..c2540383ab86f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c
+++ b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai_sub.c
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ static int stm32_sai_set_dai_fmt(struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai, unsigned int fmt)
 		break;
 	/* Left justified */
 	case SND_SOC_DAIFMT_MSB:
+		cr1 |= SAI_XCR1_CKSTR;
 		frcr |= SAI_XFRCR_FSPOL | SAI_XFRCR_FSDEF;
 		break;
 	/* Right justified */
@@ -809,9 +810,11 @@ static int stm32_sai_set_dai_fmt(struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai, unsigned int fmt)
 		frcr |= SAI_XFRCR_FSPOL | SAI_XFRCR_FSDEF;
 		break;
 	case SND_SOC_DAIFMT_DSP_A:
+		cr1 |= SAI_XCR1_CKSTR;
 		frcr |= SAI_XFRCR_FSPOL | SAI_XFRCR_FSOFF;
 		break;
 	case SND_SOC_DAIFMT_DSP_B:
+		cr1 |= SAI_XCR1_CKSTR;
 		frcr |= SAI_XFRCR_FSPOL;
 		break;
 	default:
-- 
2.53.0




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