From: Markus Lindner <lindner.markus@outlook.at>

[ Upstream commit acd8aa3c4b91a38c8521000790890bc9d1083f1d ]

The Razer Barracuda X 2.4 GHz USB headset dongle (0x1532:0x0552)
reports a minimum volume register value of cval->min = -16800.

In UAC 1/256 dB units, -16800 corresponds to -65.625 dB. However,
stock ALSA misinterprets this raw integer as 1/100 dB units
(-168.00 dB), causing user-space audio servers (PipeWire /
PulseAudio) to map their volume curves against an incorrectly wide
range.

Add an explicit usbmix_dB_map entry overriding Unit 2 to -6562
(-65.62 dB) to accurately report the physical hardware
attenuation bounds.

Signed-off-by: Markus Lindner <lindner.markus@outlook.at>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/AS8P195MB2142F4EFF83980BD02BA6566E1C12@AS8P195MB2142.EURP195.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The background searches finished:

- **Mainline lookup** found the commit: `acd8aa3c4b91` — “ALSA: usb-
  audio: Add dB map quirk for Razer Barracuda X 2.4” by Markus Lindner,
  merged 2026-07-24 (+15 lines, one file). That matches the patch under
  review and confirms it’s in mainline but not yet in this 6.18.44 tree.
- **Bose SoundLink history search** in this checkout wasn’t useful: `git
  log -S` only surfaced the usb-6.18-rc8 merge, so the original quirk
  introduction isn’t visible here.

The earlier **YES** backport recommendation stands.

 sound/usb/mixer_maps.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_maps.c b/sound/usb/mixer_maps.c
index faac7df1fbcf0..4d8dca04f87d0 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer_maps.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer_maps.c
@@ -344,6 +344,16 @@ static const struct usbmix_name_map bose_soundlink_map[] = {
 	{ 0 }	/* terminator */
 };
 
+/*
+ * Razer Barracuda X 2.4: Firmware reports cval->min = -16800 in 1/256 dB units
+ * (-65.62 dB), which stock ALSA misinterprets as a -168 dB floor
+ */
+static const struct usbmix_dB_map razer_barracuda_x_2_4_dB = {-6562, 0};
+static const struct usbmix_name_map razer_barracuda_x_2_4_map[] = {
+	{ 2, NULL, .dB = &razer_barracuda_x_2_4_dB },
+	{ 0 }   /* terminator */
+};
+
 /* Sennheiser Communications Headset [PC 8], the dB value is reported as -6 negative maximum  */
 static const struct usbmix_dB_map sennheiser_pc8_dB = {-9500, 0};
 static const struct usbmix_name_map sennheiser_pc8_map[] = {
@@ -689,6 +699,11 @@ static const struct usbmix_ctl_map usbmix_ctl_maps[] = {
 		.id = USB_ID(0x17aa, 0x1046),
 		.map = lenovo_p620_rear_map,
 	},
+	{
+		/* Razer Barracuda X 2.4 */
+		.id = USB_ID(0x1532, 0x0552),
+		.map = razer_barracuda_x_2_4_map,
+	},
 	{
 		/* Sennheiser Communications Headset [PC 8] */
 		.id = USB_ID(0x1395, 0x0025),
-- 
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