[alsa-devel] Bug in sound-unstable-2.6 ice1724

Takashi Iwai tiwai at suse.de
Wed Nov 5 16:24:06 CET 2008


At Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:08:19 +0100,
=?UTF-8?Q?Vedran_Mileti=C4=87?= wrote:
> 
> OK. Actually, I was asking what is the command to apply patch to a
> snapshot, if there is one.

Are you asking the usage of patch program?
For linux-kernel patch (sound/* path), do like below:

	% cd alsa-driver*/alsa-kernel
	% patch -p2 < fix-patch-file-path


Takashi

> 2008/11/5 Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>:
> > At Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:54:21 +0100,
> > =?UTF-8?Q?Vedran_Mileti=C4=87?= wrote:
> >>
> >> OK, this will not be a problem. Can I apply your patch if I don't have
> >> a git tree, but just an unpacked snapshot?
> >
> > The snapshot doesn't include the patch yet since it's untested.
> > Please apply my patch anyway.
> >
> > As you see, there are two patches.  One is just for fixing PCM thing.
> > Try this one first.  If this works, try the next one, which could .
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Takashi
> >
> >> 2008/11/5 Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>:
> >> > At Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:45:43 +0100,
> >> > =?UTF-8?Q?Vedran_Mileti=C4=87?= wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> How can I test if MIDI TX is broken?
> >> >
> >> > Just run aplaymidi to the hardware port.
> >> > It doesn't matter whether you connected to any device or not.
> >> > Check the count in /proc/asound/card0/midi* proc file changes,
> >> > and most importantly, the machine doesn't hang up.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Takashi
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> 2008/11/3 Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>:
> >> >> > At Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:21:37 +0100,
> >> >> > I wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> At Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:21:05 +0200,
> >> >> >> Karsten Wiese wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Am Sonntag, 2. November 2008 schrieb Takashi Iwai:
> >> >> >> > > nAt Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:08:59 +0200,
> >> >> >> > > Karsten Wiese wrote:
> >> >> >> > > >
> >> >> >> > > > Hi Takashi,
> >> >> >> > > >
> >> >> >> > > > Am Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2008 schrieb Takashi Iwai:
> >> >> >> > > > > At Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:31:02 +0100,
> >> >> >> > > > > =?UTF-8?Q?Vedran_Mileti=C4=87?= wrote:
> >> >> >> > > > > >
> >> >> >> > > > > > Yeap, that one does it. No need to revert it fully, though. I just
> >> >> >> > > > > > uncommented the unsigned char mask line and removed that #if 0 and
> >> >> >> > > > > > #endif. Now it works perfectly. Thanks! Can you fix it in your tree?
> >> >> >> > > > >
> >> >> >> > > > > Well, before doing that, I'd like to understand the problem more.
> >> >> >> > > > >
> >> >> >> > > > > If the problem is about the initial IRQ mask value, setting 0 should
> >> >> >> > > > > work as well.
> >> >> >> > > > > Could you change the code just to do like below, and check whether it
> >> >> >> > > > > works?
> >> >> >> > > > >       outb(0, ICEREG1724(ice, IRQMASK));
> >> >> >> > > >
> >> >> >> > > > Makes a pc hang sometimes here, while reverting the entire patch is stable.
> >> >> >> > > > no midi tested though, only audio.
> >> >> >> > >
> >> >> >> > > Hmm, that's a bad news.
> >> >> >> > > Basically my change is just to disable MPU_TX irq when unresolved irqs
> >> >> >> > > occur.  The detection was already there, but it was enabled only when
> >> >> >> > > CONFIG_SND_DEBUG.
> >> >> >> > >
> >> >> >> > > So, the question is, whether does the hang-up happens even with the
> >> >> >> > > old code when you enable CONFIG_SND_DEBUG?
> >> >> >> > >
> >> >> >> > > Also, a bit more detail would be appreciated -- what kind of hang-up,
> >> >> >> > > whether you get the error message, or so.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > the hang happened on an always on production machine. I don't have a second
> >> >> >> > card to test with currently, nor do i like to test on that machine again ;-)
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > May be its just that the mask has to be applied the other way round:
> >> >> >> > I'd guess a 1 means "masked" or "not active".
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Damn, you must be right!
> >> >> >> Could you give the patch below?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ... and looking through the code again, I think (hopefully) the patch
> >> >> > below will fix the MIDI TX problem, too.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Could someone give it a try?  It includes the previous patch.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > thanks,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Takashi
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ---
> >> >> > diff --git a/sound/pci/ice1712/ice1724.c b/sound/pci/ice1712/ice1724.c
> >> >> > index 40725df..fd7b440 100644
> >> >> > --- a/sound/pci/ice1712/ice1724.c
> >> >> > +++ b/sound/pci/ice1712/ice1724.c
> >> >> > @@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ get_rawmidi_substream(struct snd_ice1712 *ice, unsigned int stream)
> >> >> >                                struct snd_rawmidi_substream, list);
> >> >> >  }
> >> >> >
> >> >> > +static void enable_midi_irq_unlocked(struct snd_ice1712 *ice,
> >> >> > +                                    u8 flag, int enable);
> >> >> > +
> >> >> >  static void vt1724_midi_write(struct snd_ice1712 *ice)
> >> >> >  {
> >> >> >        struct snd_rawmidi_substream *s;
> >> >> > @@ -254,6 +257,11 @@ static void vt1724_midi_write(struct snd_ice1712 *ice)
> >> >> >                for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
> >> >> >                        outb(buffer[i], ICEREG1724(ice, MPU_DATA));
> >> >> >        }
> >> >> > +       /* mask irq when all bytes have been transmitted.
> >> >> > +        * enabled again in output_trigger when the new data comes in.
> >> >> > +        */
> >> >> > +       if (snd_rawmidi_transmit_empty(s))
> >> >> > +               enable_midi_irq_unlocked(ice, VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX, 0);
> >> >> >  }
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  static void vt1724_midi_read(struct snd_ice1712 *ice)
> >> >> > @@ -272,31 +280,34 @@ static void vt1724_midi_read(struct snd_ice1712 *ice)
> >> >> >        }
> >> >> >  }
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -static void vt1724_enable_midi_irq(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
> >> >> > -                                  u8 flag, int enable)
> >> >> > +static void enable_midi_irq_unlocked(struct snd_ice1712 *ice,
> >> >> > +                                    u8 flag, int enable)
> >> >> >  {
> >> >> > -       struct snd_ice1712 *ice = substream->rmidi->private_data;
> >> >> > -       u8 mask;
> >> >> > -
> >> >> > -       spin_lock_irq(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> > -       mask = inb(ICEREG1724(ice, IRQMASK));
> >> >> > +       u8 mask = inb(ICEREG1724(ice, IRQMASK));
> >> >> >        if (enable)
> >> >> >                mask &= ~flag;
> >> >> >        else
> >> >> >                mask |= flag;
> >> >> >        outb(mask, ICEREG1724(ice, IRQMASK));
> >> >> > +}
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > +static void vt1724_enable_midi_irq(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream,
> >> >> > +                                  u8 flag, int enable)
> >> >> > +{
> >> >> > +       struct snd_ice1712 *ice = substream->rmidi->private_data;
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > +       spin_lock_irq(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> > +       enable_midi_irq_unlocked(ice, flag, enable);
> >> >> >        spin_unlock_irq(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> >  }
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  static int vt1724_midi_output_open(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *s)
> >> >> >  {
> >> >> > -       vt1724_enable_midi_irq(s, VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX, 1);
> >> >> >        return 0;
> >> >> >  }
> >> >> >
> >> >> >  static int vt1724_midi_output_close(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *s)
> >> >> >  {
> >> >> > -       vt1724_enable_midi_irq(s, VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX, 0);
> >> >> >        return 0;
> >> >> >  }
> >> >> >
> >> >> > @@ -306,6 +317,7 @@ static void vt1724_midi_output_trigger(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *s, int up)
> >> >> >        unsigned long flags;
> >> >> >
> >> >> >        spin_lock_irqsave(&ice->reg_lock, flags);
> >> >> > +       enable_midi_irq_unlocked(ice, VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX, up);
> >> >> >        if (up) {
> >> >> >                ice->midi_output = 1;
> >> >> >                vt1724_midi_write(ice);
> >> >> > @@ -320,6 +332,7 @@ static void vt1724_midi_output_drain(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *s)
> >> >> >        struct snd_ice1712 *ice = s->rmidi->private_data;
> >> >> >        unsigned long timeout;
> >> >> >
> >> >> > +       vt1724_enable_midi_irq(s, VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX, 0);
> >> >> >        /* 32 bytes should be transmitted in less than about 12 ms */
> >> >> >        timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(15);
> >> >> >        do {
> >> >> > @@ -389,41 +402,41 @@ static irqreturn_t snd_vt1724_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> >> >> >                status &= status_mask;
> >> >> >                if (status == 0)
> >> >> >                        break;
> >> >> > +               spin_lock(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> >                if (++timeout > 10) {
> >> >> >                        status = inb(ICEREG1724(ice, IRQSTAT));
> >> >> >                        printk(KERN_ERR "ice1724: Too long irq loop, "
> >> >> >                               "status = 0x%x\n", status);
> >> >> >                        if (status & VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX) {
> >> >> >                                printk(KERN_ERR "ice1724: Disabling MPU_TX\n");
> >> >> > -                               outb(inb(ICEREG1724(ice, IRQMASK)) &
> >> >> > -                                    ~VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX,
> >> >> > -                                    ICEREG1724(ice, IRQMASK));
> >> >> > +                               enable_midi_irq_unlocked(ice,
> >> >> > +                                                        VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX, 0);
> >> >> >                        }
> >> >> > +                       spin_unlock(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> >                        break;
> >> >> >                }
> >> >> >                handled = 1;
> >> >> >                if (status & VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX) {
> >> >> > -                       spin_lock(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> >                        if (ice->midi_output)
> >> >> >                                vt1724_midi_write(ice);
> >> >> > -                       spin_unlock(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> > +#if 0 /* should have been fixed */
> >> >> >                        /* Due to mysterical reasons, MPU_TX is always
> >> >> >                         * generated (and can't be cleared) when a PCM
> >> >> >                         * playback is going.  So let's ignore at the
> >> >> >                         * next loop.
> >> >> >                         */
> >> >> >                        status_mask &= ~VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX;
> >> >> > +#endif
> >> >> >                }
> >> >> >                if (status & VT1724_IRQ_MPU_RX) {
> >> >> > -                       spin_lock(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> >                        if (ice->midi_input)
> >> >> >                                vt1724_midi_read(ice);
> >> >> >                        else
> >> >> >                                vt1724_midi_clear_rx(ice);
> >> >> > -                       spin_unlock(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> >                }
> >> >> >                /* ack MPU irq */
> >> >> >                outb(status, ICEREG1724(ice, IRQSTAT));
> >> >> > +               spin_unlock(&ice->reg_lock);
> >> >> >                if (status & VT1724_IRQ_MTPCM) {
> >> >> >                        /*
> >> >> >                         * Multi-track PCM
> >> >> > @@ -2413,8 +2426,8 @@ static int __devinit snd_vt1724_create(struct snd_card *card,
> >> >> >                return -EIO;
> >> >> >        }
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -       /* clear interrupts -- otherwise you'll get irq problems later */
> >> >> > -       outb(0, ICEREG1724(ice, IRQMASK));
> >> >> > +       /* MPU_RX and TX irq masks are cleared later dynamically */
> >> >> > +       outb(VT1724_IRQ_MPU_RX | VT1724_IRQ_MPU_TX , ICEREG1724(ice, IRQMASK));
> >> >> >
> >> >> >        /* don't handle FIFO overrun/underruns (just yet),
> >> >> >         * since they cause machine lockups
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Vedran Miletić
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Vedran Miletić
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Vedran Miletić


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