Intel HD Audio: sound stops working in Xen PV dom0 in >=5.17

[Marek Marczykowski-Górecki]

On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 05:17:42PM +0100, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 02:00:06AM +0100, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 01:40:15PM +0100, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 09:10:19AM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 09 Dec 2022 02:27:30 +0100,
> > > > Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Under Xen PV dom0, with Linux >= 5.17, sound stops working after few
> > > > > hours. pavucontrol still shows meter bars moving, but the speakers
> > > > > remain silent. At least on some occasions I see the following message in
> > > > > dmesg:
> > > > > 
> > > > >   [ 2142.484553] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: Unstable LPIB (18144 >= 6396); disabling LPIB delay counting
> > 
> > Hit the issue again, this message did not appear in the log (or at least
> > not yet).
> > 
> > (...)
> > 
> > > > In anyway, please check the behavior with 6.1-rc8 + the commit
> > > > cc26516374065a34e10c9a8bf3e940e42cd96e2a
> > > >     ALSA: memalloc: Allocate more contiguous pages for fallback case
> > > > from for-next of my sound git tree (which will be in 6.2-rc1).
> > 
> > This did not helped.
> > 
> > > Looking at the mentioned commits, there is one specific aspect of Xen PV
> > > that may be relevant. It configures PAT differently than native Linux.
> > > Theoretically Linux adapts automatically and using proper API (like
> > > set_memory_wc()) should just work, but at least for i915 driver it
> > > causes issues (not fully tracked down yet). Details about that bug
> > > report include some more background:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/intel-gfx/Y5Hst0bCxQDTN7lK@mail-itl/
> > > 
> > > Anyway, I have tested it on a Xen modified to setup PAT the same way as
> > > native Linux and the audio issue is still there.
> > > 
> > > > If the problem persists, another thing to check is the hack below
> > > > works.
> > 
> > Trying this one now.
> 
> And this one didn't either :/
> 
> When it stopped working, I did two things:
> 1. switched audio profiles ("configuration" tab in pavucontrol) several
> times; this on its own did not helped
> 2. reloaded sound related modules, but did not loaded them all back (see
> attached list before and after).
> 
> After this, it worked again for a few minutes. Not sure if/which the above
> actions were relevant, tho...
> 
> Another observation: when it stops working, it's never during a
> playback. It's always that at some point starting an audio stream
> results in a silence.

Any other ideas? Or maybe there is another patch I should try?

-- 
Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
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