Re: snd-ctxfi oops

[The Source <thesourcehim@gmail.com>]

On 15.06.2009 17:01, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:00:03 +0200,
> I wrote:
>    
>> At Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:59:53 +0400,
>> The Source wrote:
>>      
>>> On 15.06.2009 16:56, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>>        
>>>> At Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:07:49 +0200,
>>>> I wrote:
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>>> Tested the patch more. Really no oopses. Instead of them I get rare
>>>>>> system lockups.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>> In which situation, exactly?
>>>>> Could you check whether it happens with use_system_timer=1 module
>>>>> option, too?
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> Or try the very latest alsa-driver-snapshot (not daily tarball).
>>>> I fixed a deadlock issue in cttimer.c now.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Takashi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Should I apply that patch to this snapshot?
>>>        
>> Which patch do you mean?
>> Just grab the latest alsa-driver-snapshot.tar.gz from
>>      ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/
>>      
> Also, check alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/HEAD whether the commit
>     8dca419721d188bfee5f19fad45275856c619a5c
>       ALSA: ctxfi - Fix deadlock with xfi-timer
> is included.
>
>
> Takashi
>
>    
Tested the driver and it's fine so far. No craches with any application 
including Doom 3, which caused system lockups often with earlier 
versions of the driver.