From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Subject: Re: exynos4412: Audio dies after one day on kernel 4.0 Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 09:05:11 +0900 Message-ID: <556E44B7.10303@samsung.com> References: <5569F435.5040708@unseen.is> <556E0931.9030703@unseen.is> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailout2.w1.samsung.com ([210.118.77.12]:36190 "EHLO mailout2.w1.samsung.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751832AbbFCAFO (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2015 20:05:14 -0400 In-reply-to: <556E0931.9030703@unseen.is> Sender: linux-samsung-soc-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org To: gabriel@unseen.is Cc: linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org, sylvester.nawrocki@gmail.com, Robert Baldyga , dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, Marek Szyprowski On 03.06.2015 04:51, gabriel@unseen.is wrote: > On 05/31/2015 08:47 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >> 2015-05-31 2:32 GMT+09:00 : >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've been successfully using a self compiled linux kernel until version >>> 3.19 together with Debian Stretch. >>> >>> After upgrading the kernel to version 4.0 I see strange messages in the >>> logs i.e. >>> >>> May 27 22:44:01 pulseaudio[1027]: [alsa-sink-3830000.i2s-HiFi HiFi-0] >>> alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there >>> was actually nothing to write! >>> May 27 22:44:01 pulseaudio[1027]: [alsa-sink-3830000.i2s-HiFi HiFi-0] >>> alsa-sink.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver >>> 'snd_soc_simple_card'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. >>> May 27 22:44:01 pulseaudio[1027]: [alsa-sink-3830000.i2s-HiFi HiFi-0] >>> alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent >>> snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail. >>> >>> >>> I can easily play sound in perfect quality for approx the first 24h. >>> After that time the sound becomes distorted and is choppy/crackling. >>> After rebooting then the sound is optimal again. >>> >>> >>> I have tried to use kernel 4.0 with almost exactly the same >>> configuration than for 3.19 to no avail. >>> >>> Then somebody on >>> http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=13281&p=91186 gave me the >>> hint that the followin patch might solve the issue: >>> >>> https://github.com/prahal/linux/commit/5e60cfc9fa5101a346e29ef5f944fbbad300c72d >>> >>> >>> The patch did help something. I can now still play music after 2 days >>> but what happens is that each time I turn on music I get a choppy sound >>> for some time. That means the sound comes clear but every 2 seconds the >>> sound pauses for a fraction of a second. Which is somewhat comparable to >>> the issue earlier but without the heavy crackling - and that this goes >>> away after a couple of minutes. >>> >>> >>> But furthermore the sound has now simple cracklings. One in two second >>> approx. and they do not disappear. >>> >>> >>> Does anybody have an idea what could be the matter here? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >> >> +Cc Robert, dmaengine list. >> >> Bisecting would be helpful. You could also try reverting following commits: >> 88987d2c75 >> aee4d1fac8 >> >> Other possible test case would be disabling runtime PM for pl330 DMA driver: >> >> for i in /sys/bus/amba/drivers/dma-pl330/*.[amp]dma/power ; do >> echo "on" > ${i}/control >> done >> > > Thanks a lot Krzysztof, > > I have reverted 88987d2c75 and aee4d1fac8 from 4.0.4 and I have still > audio working after 1 and 1/2 day. Unluckily the alsa error message > occured still once but they don't seem to be the issue here. +CC Marek, Robert, Marek, do you have any idea for the cause? Best regards, Krzysztof