diff --git a/include/sound/ak4113.h b/include/sound/ak4113.h
index 8988edae1609..2609048c1d44 100644
--- a/include/sound/ak4113.h
+++ b/include/sound/ak4113.h
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ struct ak4113 {
 
 int snd_ak4113_create(struct snd_card *card, ak4113_read_t *read,
 		ak4113_write_t *write,
-		const unsigned char pgm[AK4113_WRITABLE_REGS],
+		const unsigned char *pgm,
 		void *private_data, struct ak4113 **r_ak4113);
 void snd_ak4113_reg_write(struct ak4113 *ak4113, unsigned char reg,
 		unsigned char mask, unsigned char val);
diff --git a/sound/arm/aaci.c b/sound/arm/aaci.c
index 656e474dca47..91acc9a243ec 100644
--- a/sound/arm/aaci.c
+++ b/sound/arm/aaci.c
@@ -863,7 +863,6 @@ static int __devinit aaci_probe_ac97(struct aaci *aaci)
 	struct snd_ac97 *ac97;
 	int ret;
 
-	writel(0, aaci->base + AC97_POWERDOWN);
 	/*
 	 * Assert AACIRESET for 2us
 	 */
@@ -1047,7 +1046,11 @@ static int __devinit aaci_probe(struct amba_device *dev, struct amba_id *id)
 
 	writel(0x1fff, aaci->base + AACI_INTCLR);
 	writel(aaci->maincr, aaci->base + AACI_MAINCR);
-
+	/*
+	 * Fix: ac97 read back fail errors by reading
+	 * from any arbitrary aaci register.
+	 */
+	readl(aaci->base + AACI_CSCH1);
 	ret = aaci_probe_ac97(aaci);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
index b546ac2660f9..a2ff86189d2a 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ static void pcm_debug_name(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 #define xrun_debug(substream, mask) \
 			((substream)->pstr->xrun_debug & (mask))
+#else
+#define xrun_debug(substream, mask)	0
+#endif
 
 #define dump_stack_on_xrun(substream) do {			\
 		if (xrun_debug(substream, XRUN_DEBUG_STACK))	\
@@ -169,6 +172,7 @@ static void xrun(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG
 #define hw_ptr_error(substream, fmt, args...)				\
 	do {								\
 		if (xrun_debug(substream, XRUN_DEBUG_BASIC)) {		\
@@ -255,8 +259,6 @@ static void xrun_log_show(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 
 #else /* ! CONFIG_SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG */
 
-#define xrun_debug(substream, mask)	0
-#define xrun(substream)			do { } while (0)
 #define hw_ptr_error(substream, fmt, args...) do { } while (0)
 #define xrun_log(substream, pos)	do { } while (0)
 #define xrun_log_show(substream)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/sound/i2c/other/ak4113.c b/sound/i2c/other/ak4113.c
index fff62cc8607c..971a84a4fa77 100644
--- a/sound/i2c/other/ak4113.c
+++ b/sound/i2c/other/ak4113.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int snd_ak4113_dev_free(struct snd_device *device)
 }
 
 int snd_ak4113_create(struct snd_card *card, ak4113_read_t *read,
-		ak4113_write_t *write, const unsigned char pgm[5],
+		ak4113_write_t *write, const unsigned char *pgm,
 		void *private_data, struct ak4113 **r_ak4113)
 {
 	struct ak4113 *chip;
diff --git a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c
index 1caf5e3c1f6a..e68c98ef4041 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c
@@ -1852,12 +1852,14 @@ static unsigned int ad1981_jacks_blacklist[] = {
 	0x10140523, /* Thinkpad R40 */
 	0x10140534, /* Thinkpad X31 */
 	0x10140537, /* Thinkpad T41p */
+	0x1014053e, /* Thinkpad R40e */
 	0x10140554, /* Thinkpad T42p/R50p */
 	0x10140567, /* Thinkpad T43p 2668-G7U */
 	0x10140581, /* Thinkpad X41-2527 */
 	0x10280160, /* Dell Dimension 2400 */
 	0x104380b0, /* Asus A7V8X-MX */
 	0x11790241, /* Toshiba Satellite A-15 S127 */
+	0x1179ff10, /* Toshiba P500 */
 	0x144dc01a, /* Samsung NP-X20C004/SEG */
 	0 /* end */
 };
diff --git a/sound/pci/cmipci.c b/sound/pci/cmipci.c
index 1ded64e05643..329968edca9b 100644
--- a/sound/pci/cmipci.c
+++ b/sound/pci/cmipci.c
@@ -941,13 +941,21 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t snd_cmipci_pcm_pointer(struct cmipci *cm, struct cmipci
 						struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	size_t ptr;
-	unsigned int reg;
+	unsigned int reg, rem, tries;
+
 	if (!rec->running)
 		return 0;
 #if 1 // this seems better..
 	reg = rec->ch ? CM_REG_CH1_FRAME2 : CM_REG_CH0_FRAME2;
-	ptr = rec->dma_size - (snd_cmipci_read_w(cm, reg) + 1);
-	ptr >>= rec->shift;
+	for (tries = 0; tries < 3; tries++) {
+		rem = snd_cmipci_read_w(cm, reg);
+		if (rem < rec->dma_size)
+			goto ok;
+	} 
+	printk(KERN_ERR "cmipci: invalid PCM pointer: %#x\n", rem);
+	return SNDRV_PCM_POS_XRUN;
+ok:
+	ptr = (rec->dma_size - (rem + 1)) >> rec->shift;
 #else
 	reg = rec->ch ? CM_REG_CH1_FRAME1 : CM_REG_CH0_FRAME1;
 	ptr = snd_cmipci_read(cm, reg) - rec->offset;
diff --git a/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c b/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c
index 8dab82d7d19d..668a5ec04499 100644
--- a/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c
+++ b/sound/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c
@@ -2184,10 +2184,9 @@ static int __devinit snd_echo_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 			goto ctl_error;
 #endif
 
-	if ((err = snd_card_register(card)) < 0) {
-		snd_card_free(card);
+	err = snd_card_register(card);
+	if (err < 0)
 		goto ctl_error;
-	}
 	snd_printk(KERN_INFO "Card registered: %s\n", card->longname);
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(pci, chip);
diff --git a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c
index 7e8e7da592a9..ea4256b08a38 100644
--- a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c
+++ b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c
@@ -1161,13 +1161,15 @@ static long snd_mixart_BA0_read(struct snd_info_entry *entry, void *file_private
 				unsigned long count, unsigned long pos)
 {
 	struct mixart_mgr *mgr = entry->private_data;
+	unsigned long maxsize;
 
-	count = count & ~3; /* make sure the read size is a multiple of 4 bytes */
-	if(count <= 0)
+	if (pos >= MIXART_BA0_SIZE)
 		return 0;
-	if(pos + count > MIXART_BA0_SIZE)
-		count = (long)(MIXART_BA0_SIZE - pos);
-	if(copy_to_user_fromio(buf, MIXART_MEM( mgr, pos ), count))
+	maxsize = MIXART_BA0_SIZE - pos;
+	if (count > maxsize)
+		count = maxsize;
+	count = count & ~3; /* make sure the read size is a multiple of 4 bytes */
+	if (copy_to_user_fromio(buf, MIXART_MEM(mgr, pos), count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return count;
 }
@@ -1180,13 +1182,15 @@ static long snd_mixart_BA1_read(struct snd_info_entry *entry, void *file_private
 				unsigned long count, unsigned long pos)
 {
 	struct mixart_mgr *mgr = entry->private_data;
+	unsigned long maxsize;
 
-	count = count & ~3; /* make sure the read size is a multiple of 4 bytes */
-	if(count <= 0)
+	if (pos > MIXART_BA1_SIZE)
 		return 0;
-	if(pos + count > MIXART_BA1_SIZE)
-		count = (long)(MIXART_BA1_SIZE - pos);
-	if(copy_to_user_fromio(buf, MIXART_REG( mgr, pos ), count))
+	maxsize = MIXART_BA1_SIZE - pos;
+	if (count > maxsize)
+		count = maxsize;
+	count = count & ~3; /* make sure the read size is a multiple of 4 bytes */
+	if (copy_to_user_fromio(buf, MIXART_REG(mgr, pos), count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/sound/usb/usbmidi.c b/sound/usb/usbmidi.c
index 2c59afd99611..9e28b20cb2ce 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usbmidi.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usbmidi.c
@@ -986,6 +986,8 @@ static void snd_usbmidi_output_drain(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream)
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 	long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(50);
 
+	if (ep->umidi->disconnected)
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * The substream buffer is empty, but some data might still be in the
 	 * currently active URBs, so we have to wait for those to complete.
@@ -1123,14 +1125,21 @@ static int snd_usbmidi_in_endpoint_create(struct snd_usb_midi* umidi,
  * Frees an output endpoint.
  * May be called when ep hasn't been initialized completely.
  */
-static void snd_usbmidi_out_endpoint_delete(struct snd_usb_midi_out_endpoint* ep)
+static void snd_usbmidi_out_endpoint_clear(struct snd_usb_midi_out_endpoint *ep)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < OUTPUT_URBS; ++i)
-		if (ep->urbs[i].urb)
+		if (ep->urbs[i].urb) {
 			free_urb_and_buffer(ep->umidi, ep->urbs[i].urb,
 					    ep->max_transfer);
+			ep->urbs[i].urb = NULL;
+		}
+}
+
+static void snd_usbmidi_out_endpoint_delete(struct snd_usb_midi_out_endpoint *ep)
+{
+	snd_usbmidi_out_endpoint_clear(ep);
 	kfree(ep);
 }
 
@@ -1262,15 +1271,18 @@ void snd_usbmidi_disconnect(struct list_head* p)
 				usb_kill_urb(ep->out->urbs[j].urb);
 			if (umidi->usb_protocol_ops->finish_out_endpoint)
 				umidi->usb_protocol_ops->finish_out_endpoint(ep->out);
+			ep->out->active_urbs = 0;
+			if (ep->out->drain_urbs) {
+				ep->out->drain_urbs = 0;
+				wake_up(&ep->out->drain_wait);
+			}
 		}
 		if (ep->in)
 			for (j = 0; j < INPUT_URBS; ++j)
 				usb_kill_urb(ep->in->urbs[j]);
 		/* free endpoints here; later call can result in Oops */
-		if (ep->out) {
-			snd_usbmidi_out_endpoint_delete(ep->out);
-			ep->out = NULL;
-		}
+		if (ep->out)
+			snd_usbmidi_out_endpoint_clear(ep->out);
 		if (ep->in) {
 			snd_usbmidi_in_endpoint_delete(ep->in);
 			ep->in = NULL;