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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: parallel, real time safe waiting?
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:35:36 +0200
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Johannes Lorenz wrote:
>   1.) Let each thread open a handle using snd_seq_open()
>   2.) Call snd_pcm_wait() in each thread

> Are these functions
>
>   a) real time safe?

snd_seq_open() is not, but why would that matter?
Don't you call it from the GUI thread?

>   b) race-condition free, assuming I'll use pairwise different handles each thread

Yes.


Regards,
Clemens