diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 39219b144c23..40b79daad32b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -20485,6 +20485,12 @@ F:	include/uapi/sound/compress_*
 F:	sound/core/compress_offload.c
 F:	sound/soc/soc-compress.c
 
+SOUND - CORE KUNIT TEST
+M:	Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com>
+L:	linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
+S:	Supported
+F:	sound/core/sound_kunit.c
+
 SOUND - DMAENGINE HELPERS
 M:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
 S:	Supported
diff --git a/sound/core/Kconfig b/sound/core/Kconfig
index e41818e59a15..664c6ee2b5a1 100644
--- a/sound/core/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/core/Kconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,22 @@ config SND_UMP_LEGACY_RAWMIDI
 	  legacy MIDI 1.0 byte streams is created for each UMP Endpoint.
 	  The device contains 16 substreams corresponding to UMP groups.
 
+config SND_CORE_TEST
+	tristate "Sound core KUnit test"
+	depends on KUNIT
+	default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+	help
+	  This options enables the sound core functions KUnit test.
+
+	  KUnit tests run during boot and output the results to the debug
+	  log in TAP format (https://testanything.org/). Only useful for
+	  kernel devs running KUnit test harness and are not for inclusion
+	  into a production build.
+
+	  For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general, refer
+	  to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/.
+
+
 config SND_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD
 	tristate
 
diff --git a/sound/core/Makefile b/sound/core/Makefile
index a6b444ee2832..1d34e6950317 100644
--- a/sound/core/Makefile
+++ b/sound/core/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DEVICE)	+= snd-seq-device.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI)	+= snd-rawmidi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_UMP)		+= snd-ump.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_CORE_TEST)	+= sound_kunit.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL)	+= oss/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER)	+= seq/
 
diff --git a/sound/core/sound_kunit.c b/sound/core/sound_kunit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d5a7bf88de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sound/core/sound_kunit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Sound core KUnit test
+ * Author: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+#include <sound/core.h>
+#include <sound/pcm.h>
+
+#define SILENCE_BUFFER_SIZE 2048
+#define SILENCE(...) { __VA_ARGS__ }
+#define DEFINE_FORMAT(fmt, pbits, wd, endianness, signd, silence_arr) {		\
+	.format = SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_##fmt, .physical_bits = pbits,		\
+	.width = wd, .le = endianness, .sd = signd, .silence = silence_arr,	\
+	.name = #fmt,								\
+}
+
+#define WRONG_FORMAT (SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_LAST + 1)
+
+#define VALID_NAME "ValidName"
+#define NAME_W_SPEC_CHARS "In%v@1id name"
+#define NAME_W_SPACE "Test name"
+#define NAME_W_SPACE_REMOVED "Testname"
+
+#define TEST_FIRST_COMPONENT "Component1"
+#define TEST_SECOND_COMPONENT "Component2"
+
+struct snd_format_test_data {
+	snd_pcm_format_t format;
+	int physical_bits;
+	int width;
+	int le;
+	int sd;
+	unsigned char silence[8];
+	unsigned char *name;
+};
+
+struct avail_test_data {
+	snd_pcm_uframes_t buffer_size;
+	snd_pcm_uframes_t hw_ptr;
+	snd_pcm_uframes_t appl_ptr;
+	snd_pcm_uframes_t expected_avail;
+};
+
+static struct snd_format_test_data valid_fmt[] = {
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S8, 8, 8, -1, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U8, 8, 8, -1, 0, SILENCE(0x80)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S16_LE, 16, 16, 1, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S16_BE, 16, 16, 0, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U16_LE, 16, 16, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x00, 0x80)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U16_BE, 16, 16, 0, 0, SILENCE(0x80, 0x00)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S24_LE, 32, 24, 1, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S24_BE, 32, 24, 0, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U24_LE, 32, 24, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x00, 0x00, 0x80)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U24_BE, 32, 24, 0, 0, SILENCE(0x00, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S32_LE, 32, 32, 1, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S32_BE, 32, 32, 0, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U32_LE, 32, 32, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U32_BE, 32, 32, 0, 0, SILENCE(0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(FLOAT_LE, 32, 32, 1, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(FLOAT_BE, 32, 32, 0, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(FLOAT64_LE, 64, 64, 1, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(FLOAT64_BE, 64, 64, 0, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(IEC958_SUBFRAME_LE, 32, 32, 1, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(IEC958_SUBFRAME_BE, 32, 32, 0, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(MU_LAW, 8, 8, -1, -1, SILENCE(0x7f)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(A_LAW, 8, 8, -1, -1, SILENCE(0x55)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(IMA_ADPCM, 4, 4, -1, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(G723_24, 3, 3, -1, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(G723_40, 5, 5, -1, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(DSD_U8, 8, 8, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x69)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(DSD_U16_LE, 16, 16, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x69, 0x69)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(DSD_U32_LE, 32, 32, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x69, 0x69, 0x69, 0x69)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(DSD_U16_BE, 16, 16, 0, 0, SILENCE(0x69, 0x69)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(DSD_U32_BE, 32, 32, 0, 0, SILENCE(0x69, 0x69, 0x69, 0x69)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S20_LE, 32, 20, 1, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S20_BE, 32, 20, 0, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U20_LE, 32, 20, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U20_BE, 32, 20, 0, 0, SILENCE(0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S24_3LE, 24, 24, 1, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S24_3BE, 24, 24, 0, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U24_3LE, 24, 24, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x00, 0x00, 0x80)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U24_3BE, 24, 24, 0, 0, SILENCE(0x80, 0x00, 0x00)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S20_3LE, 24, 20, 1, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S20_3BE, 24, 20, 0, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U20_3LE, 24, 20, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x00, 0x00, 0x08)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U20_3BE, 24, 20, 0, 0, SILENCE(0x08, 0x00, 0x00)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S18_3LE, 24, 18, 1, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(S18_3BE, 24, 18, 0, 1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U18_3LE, 24, 18, 1, 0, SILENCE(0x00, 0x00, 0x02)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(U18_3BE, 24, 18, 0, 0, SILENCE(0x02, 0x00, 0x00)),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(G723_24_1B, 8, 3, -1, -1, SILENCE()),
+	DEFINE_FORMAT(G723_40_1B, 8, 5, -1, -1, SILENCE()),
+};
+
+static void test_phys_format_size(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	u32 i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(valid_fmt); i++) {
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_physical_width(valid_fmt[i].format),
+				valid_fmt[i].physical_bits);
+	}
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_physical_width(WRONG_FORMAT), -EINVAL);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_physical_width(-1), -EINVAL);
+}
+
+static void test_format_width(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	u32 i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(valid_fmt); i++) {
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_width(valid_fmt[i].format),
+				valid_fmt[i].width);
+	}
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_width(WRONG_FORMAT), -EINVAL);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_width(-1), -EINVAL);
+}
+
+static void test_format_signed(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	u32 i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(valid_fmt); i++) {
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_signed(valid_fmt[i].format),
+				valid_fmt[i].sd < 0 ? -EINVAL : valid_fmt[i].sd);
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_unsigned(valid_fmt[i].format),
+				valid_fmt[i].sd < 0 ? -EINVAL : 1 - valid_fmt[i].sd);
+	}
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_width(WRONG_FORMAT), -EINVAL);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_width(-1), -EINVAL);
+}
+
+static void test_format_endianness(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	u32 i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(valid_fmt); i++) {
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_little_endian(valid_fmt[i].format),
+				valid_fmt[i].le < 0 ? -EINVAL : valid_fmt[i].le);
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_big_endian(valid_fmt[i].format),
+				valid_fmt[i].le < 0 ? -EINVAL : 1 - valid_fmt[i].le);
+	}
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_little_endian(WRONG_FORMAT), -EINVAL);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_little_endian(-1), -EINVAL);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_big_endian(WRONG_FORMAT), -EINVAL);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_big_endian(-1), -EINVAL);
+}
+
+static void _test_fill_silence(struct kunit *test, struct snd_format_test_data *data,
+			       u8 *buffer, size_t samples_count)
+{
+	size_t sample_bytes = data->physical_bits >> 3;
+	u32 i;
+
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_set_silence(data->format, buffer, samples_count), 0);
+	for (i = 0; i < samples_count * sample_bytes; i++)
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, buffer[i], data->silence[i % sample_bytes]);
+}
+
+static void test_format_fill_silence(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	u32 buf_samples[] = { 10, 20, 32, 64, 129, 260 };
+	u8 *buffer;
+	u32 i, j;
+
+	buffer = kunit_kzalloc(test, SILENCE_BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(buf_samples); i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(valid_fmt); j++)
+			_test_fill_silence(test, &valid_fmt[j], buffer, buf_samples[i]);
+	}
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_set_silence(WRONG_FORMAT, buffer, 20), -EINVAL);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_format_set_silence(SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_LAST, buffer, 0), 0);
+}
+
+static snd_pcm_uframes_t calculate_boundary(snd_pcm_uframes_t buffer_size)
+{
+	snd_pcm_uframes_t boundary = buffer_size;
+
+	while (boundary * 2 <= 0x7fffffffUL - buffer_size)
+		boundary *= 2;
+	return boundary;
+}
+
+static struct avail_test_data p_avail_data[] = {
+	/* buf_size + hw_ptr < appl_ptr => avail = buf_size + hw_ptr - appl_ptr + boundary */
+	{ 128, 1000, 1129, 1073741824UL - 1 },
+	/*
+	 * buf_size + hw_ptr - appl_ptr >= boundary =>
+	 * => avail = buf_size + hw_ptr - appl_ptr - boundary
+	 */
+	{ 128, 1073741824UL, 10, 118 },
+	/* standard case: avail = buf_size + hw_ptr - appl_ptr */
+	{ 128, 1000, 1001, 127 },
+};
+
+static void test_playback_avail(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct snd_pcm_runtime *r = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*r), GFP_KERNEL);
+	u32 i;
+
+	r->status = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*r->status), GFP_KERNEL);
+	r->control = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*r->control), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(p_avail_data); i++) {
+		r->buffer_size = p_avail_data[i].buffer_size;
+		r->boundary = calculate_boundary(r->buffer_size);
+		r->status->hw_ptr = p_avail_data[i].hw_ptr;
+		r->control->appl_ptr = p_avail_data[i].appl_ptr;
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_playback_avail(r), p_avail_data[i].expected_avail);
+	}
+}
+
+static struct avail_test_data c_avail_data[] = {
+	/* hw_ptr - appl_ptr < 0 => avail = hw_ptr - appl_ptr + boundary */
+	{ 128, 1000, 1001, 1073741824UL - 1 },
+	/* standard case: avail = hw_ptr - appl_ptr */
+	{ 128, 1001, 1000, 1 },
+};
+
+static void test_capture_avail(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct snd_pcm_runtime *r = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*r), GFP_KERNEL);
+	u32 i;
+
+	r->status = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*r->status), GFP_KERNEL);
+	r->control = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*r->control), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(c_avail_data); i++) {
+		r->buffer_size = c_avail_data[i].buffer_size;
+		r->boundary = calculate_boundary(r->buffer_size);
+		r->status->hw_ptr = c_avail_data[i].hw_ptr;
+		r->control->appl_ptr = c_avail_data[i].appl_ptr;
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, snd_pcm_capture_avail(r), c_avail_data[i].expected_avail);
+	}
+}
+
+static void test_card_set_id(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct snd_card *card = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*card), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	snd_card_set_id(card, VALID_NAME);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, card->id, VALID_NAME);
+
+	/* clear the first id character so we can set it again */
+	card->id[0] = '\0';
+	snd_card_set_id(card, NAME_W_SPEC_CHARS);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STRNEQ(test, card->id, NAME_W_SPEC_CHARS);
+
+	card->id[0] = '\0';
+	snd_card_set_id(card, NAME_W_SPACE);
+	kunit_info(test, "%s", card->id);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, card->id, NAME_W_SPACE_REMOVED);
+}
+
+static void test_pcm_format_name(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	u32 i;
+	const char *name;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(valid_fmt); i++) {
+		name = snd_pcm_format_name(valid_fmt[i].format);
+		KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MSG(test, name, "Don't have name for %s", valid_fmt[i].name);
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, name, valid_fmt[i].name);
+	}
+
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_STREQ(test, snd_pcm_format_name(WRONG_FORMAT), "Unknown");
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_STREQ(test, snd_pcm_format_name(-1), "Unknown");
+}
+
+static void test_card_add_component(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct snd_card *card = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*card), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	snd_component_add(card, TEST_FIRST_COMPONENT);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_STREQ(test, card->components, TEST_FIRST_COMPONENT);
+
+	snd_component_add(card, TEST_SECOND_COMPONENT);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_STREQ(test, card->components, TEST_FIRST_COMPONENT " " TEST_SECOND_COMPONENT);
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case sound_utils_cases[] = {
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_phys_format_size),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_format_width),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_format_endianness),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_format_signed),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_format_fill_silence),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_playback_avail),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_capture_avail),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_card_set_id),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_pcm_format_name),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_card_add_component),
+	{},
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite sound_utils_suite = {
+	.name = "sound-core-test",
+	.test_cases = sound_utils_cases,
+};
+
+kunit_test_suite(sound_utils_suite);
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Ivan Orlov");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
