[alsa-devel] [PATCH 1/5] ALSA: snd-usb: implement new endpoint streaming model

[Clemens Ladisch]

Daniel Mack wrote:
> On 11/02/2011 11:26 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
>> Daniel Mack wrote:
>>> +void snd_usb_handle_sync_urb(struct snd_usb_endpoint *ep,
>>>  		...
>>> +		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to find an urb for playback (nurbs %d)\n",
>>> +			   ep->nurbs);
>>
>> AFAICS the driver tries for all URBS to be queued at all times.
> 
> Hmm, no, not for the "implicit feedback" case. In this mode, we don't
> queue any output urbs on startup but wait for the capture urbs to arrive
> and then queue from there. So this should be ok, right?

Example with queue length = 2:

1) startup:
   driver queues both capture URBs
2) 1st capture URB completes:
   driver queues 1st playback URB and requeues 1st capture URB
3) 2nd capture URB completes:
   driver queues 2nd playback URB and requeues 2nd capture URB
   (all URBs are now queued)
4) 1st capture URB completes:
   1st playback URB is still busy
   (The playback URB might have been scheduled for a later frame, and
   even for the same frame, there is no guarantee that the completions
   for different endpoints happen in the same order as the queueing.)


Regards,
Clemens