Re: [PATCH] i810_audio fix for version 0.11

[Andris Pavenis <pavenis@latnet.lv>]

On Saturday 08 December 2001 11:36, Doug Ledford wrote:
> Andris Pavenis wrote:
> >On Saturday 08 December 2001 10:39, Andris Pavenis wrote:
> >>Sorry, but this patch is still not OK. It still causes system
> >>locking up for me.
> >>
> >>In some cases I have (I added printk in __start_dac):
> >>	dmabuf->count = 0
> >>	dmabuf->ready = 1
> >>	dmabuf->enable = 1
> >>	PCM_ENABLE_OUTPUT set in dmabuf->triger
>
> Actually, since the problem is that there are obviously some "just in
> case" type calls if i810_update_lvi(), the best answer is not to even go
> through all those motions when dmabuf->count == 0.  So, I would add a
> line to i810_update_lvi() that makes it return without doing anything
> when dmabuf->count == 0.  That one line should solve your lockups (and
> finalize the 0.12 version).
>

Why returning non zero from __start_dac() and similar procedures when 
something real has been done there is so bad. Using such return code would
ensure we never try to wait for results of __start_dac() if nothing is done 
by this procedure. I think such way is also more safe against possible future 
modifications as real conditions are only in a single place. Keeping them in 
2 places is possible source of bitrot if driver will be updated in future.

Andris