Oliver Endriss wrote:
> - With your code the demux becomes unusable if the memory allocation
>   failes for some reason. This should be avoided. It is better have a
>   working demux with a smaller buffer than to have an defunct demux.
> 
> - If there is not enough memory for both buffers, your machine has a problem
>   anyway, and you should not increase buffer size.
> 
 > ....
> I'm sorry, spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore was a typo.
> We have to use spin_[un]lock_irq because buffer writing _might_ occur
> in interrupt context. So the '_irq' is very important!
> 

Ok.

I've changed the second patch to
1) allocate the new buffer before releasing the old one
2) use spin_[un]lock_irq

3) On top of that, I have rearranged the code of DMX_SET_BUFFER_SIZE for the demux so that it does 
the same as the dvr (i.e. allocate the new buffer before releasing the old one). I think it is a 
good idea that 2 very similar functions are implemented in the same way. (if you don't agree, or if 
you think a 3rd separate patch for this point is a better idea, let me know.)

PS: Both patches 1/3 and 2/3 are against a clean v4l-dvb tree. I do not know how to generate 
incremental patch for 2/3.

Let me know what you think about that.

Andrea