From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B444C433E0 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alsa0.perex.cz (alsa0.perex.cz [77.48.224.243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B128C2078C for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:50:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=alsa-project.org header.i=@alsa-project.org header.b="QseRhGys" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B128C2078C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Received: from alsa1.perex.cz (alsa1.perex.cz [207.180.221.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50776169B; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 13:50:01 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 alsa0.perex.cz 50776169B DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=alsa-project.org; s=default; t=1591703451; bh=TR7BWkHZPKTqWbzOGU3jKxr3Mt5VPTsUorZndo5CcAk=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Cc:List-Id: List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe: From; b=QseRhGysyGgmpNPQUytjzwAY/U3VGueHr9WXd8iCLdqV6eAcxnHhwR9LC+f932zTw N1cbQ7pTfO3bKqkBoubkGp+fmThBT+6gsBs+lu3mJVmWh1MEOXYtOpt0jJyOwYGzK6 egn35pvoAvtS/m2wgO1+jg0oCK5Z30jsNqX2enFo= Received: from alsa1.perex.cz (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDC6EF80124; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 13:50:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix, from userid 50401) id CEA09F8028C; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 13:49:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3032F80124 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 13:49:56 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 alsa1.perex.cz A3032F80124 Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 40B2D68AFE; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 13:49:55 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 13:49:55 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: next-0519 on thinkpad x60: sound related? window manager crash Message-ID: <20200609114955.GA2027@lst.de> References: <20200609054306.GA9606@lst.de> <20200609084305.GA21671@lst.de> <20200609091727.GA23814@lst.de> <20200609113123.GA547@lst.de> <20200609114059.GA1228@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, tiwai@suse.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Alex Xu \(Hello71\)" , hch@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, Pavel Machek , David Rientjes , tglx@linutronix.de, Christoph Hellwig X-BeenThere: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: "Alsa-devel mailing list for ALSA developers - http://www.alsa-project.org" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: "Alsa-devel" On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 01:45:34PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > Yes, for the sound stuff, something below should make things working. > But it means that we'll lose the SG-buffer allocation and the > allocation of large buffers might fail on some machines. We crossed lines there. In general due to better memory compaction and CMA we have better chances to get larger contiguous allocations these days, so this might not be too much of an issue in practice.