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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
To: Trent Piepho <tpiepho@gmail.com>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>,
	"alsa-devel@alsa-project.org" <alsa-devel@alsa-project.org>,
	Krakora Robert-B42341 <B42341@freescale.com>
Subject: Re: Races in alsa-lib with threads
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:23:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50A2AC48.7080206@ladisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+7tXii5Lecb3GW4GPgMg6UWYe1jmpEWi_FHM24_nEB5Q7YT0w@mail.gmail.com>

Trent Piepho wrote:
> Consider snd_pcm_writei(), most of the time is usually spent blocked
> waiting for a period to elapse.  It is perfectly ok to call
> snd_pcm_delay() during this time.  But if one isn't allowed to make
> any other pcm calls during snd_pcm_writei() then this can't be done.

Then use non-blocking mode.  Blocking mode is suitable only for
applications that do not want to access the device while waiting.


Regards,
Clemens

  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-13 20:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-10  2:03 Races in alsa-lib with threads Trent Piepho
2012-11-10 13:53 ` Takashi Iwai
2012-11-11 16:35   ` Jaroslav Kysela
2012-11-12 19:40     ` Rob Krakora
2012-11-13  6:32       ` Takashi Iwai
2012-11-13  7:14         ` Trent Piepho
2012-11-13  7:30           ` Takashi Iwai
     [not found]             ` <5175C6FEA820754B902FF6873E9285B00C985240@039-SN2MPN1-021.039d.mgd.msft.net>
2012-11-13 13:47               ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-13 13:50               ` Takashi Iwai
2012-11-13 14:04                 ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-13 14:18                   ` Takashi Iwai
2012-11-13 14:08                 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2012-11-13 14:15                   ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-13 14:19                   ` Takashi Iwai
2012-11-13 14:26                 ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-13 19:41                 ` Trent Piepho
2012-11-13 20:23                   ` Clemens Ladisch [this message]
2012-11-13 20:36                     ` Trent Piepho
2012-11-13 20:29                   ` Takashi Iwai
2012-11-13 20:55                     ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-13 21:11                       ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-13 20:52                   ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-14  8:02                   ` David Henningsson
2012-11-14 12:55                     ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-14 19:49                     ` Trent Piepho
2012-11-14 20:03                       ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2012-11-14 20:06                         ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-14 20:54                         ` Trent Piepho
2012-11-14 21:19                           ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2012-11-15  1:52                             ` Krakora Robert-B42341
2012-11-15  7:39                       ` Takashi Iwai
2012-11-15 13:05                         ` Krakora Robert-B42341

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