The commit c31427d0d21e ("ALSA: hda: No preallocation on x86 platforms") changed CONFIG_SND_HDA_PREALLOC_SIZE setup and its default to zero for x86, as the preallocation should work almost all cases. However, this expectation was too naive; some applications try to allocate as the max buffer size as possible, and it leads to the memory exhaustion. More badly, the commit changed the kconfig no longer adjustable for x86, so you can't fix it statically (although it can be still adjusted via procfs).
So, practically seen, it's more recommended to set a reasonable limit for x86, too. This patch follows to that experience, and changes the default to 2048 and allow the kconfig adjustable again.
Fixes: c31427d0d21e ("ALSA: hda: No preallocation on x86 platforms") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207223 Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai tiwai@suse.de --- sound/hda/Kconfig | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/hda/Kconfig b/sound/hda/Kconfig index 4ca6b09056f3..3bc9224d5e4f 100644 --- a/sound/hda/Kconfig +++ b/sound/hda/Kconfig @@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ config SND_HDA_EXT_CORE select SND_HDA_CORE
config SND_HDA_PREALLOC_SIZE - int "Pre-allocated buffer size for HD-audio driver" if !SND_DMA_SGBUF + int "Pre-allocated buffer size for HD-audio driver" range 0 32768 - default 0 if SND_DMA_SGBUF + default 2048 if SND_DMA_SGBUF default 64 if !SND_DMA_SGBUF help Specifies the default pre-allocated buffer-size in kB for the HD-audio driver. A larger buffer (e.g. 2048) is preferred for systems using PulseAudio. The default 64 is chosen just for compatibility reasons. - On x86 systems, the default is zero as we need no preallocation. + On x86 systems, the default is 2048 as a reasonable value for + most of modern systems.
Note that the pre-allocation size can be changed dynamically via a proc file (/proc/asound/card*/pcm*/sub*/prealloc), too.