[alsa-devel] [PATCH] snd_usb_caiaq: fix potential lockups locking

[Daniel Mack]

Hi,

attached is a patch for snd_usb_caiaq which fixes system potential 
lockups when stoping and restarting the stream very quickly multiple
times in a row which is what some players do when the user drags the
song position slider.

Also, it seems that snd_pcm_period_elapsed() must not be called when
holding a spinlock? The documentation[*], however, doesn't state that.

As this fixes an annoying bug, I would appreciate seeing that one being
pushed into 2.6.25. Still possible?

Thanks and best regards,
Daniel

[*] http://www.alsa-project.org/~tiwai/writing-an-alsa-driver/x773.htm#PCM-INTERFACE-INTERRUPT-HANDLER-BOTH

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Subject: [PATCH] snd_usb_caiaq: fix potential lockups

This patch fixes potential lockups in snd_usb_caiaq by refining the
locking mechanims and by using usb_kill_urb() in favor to
usb_unlink_urb().

Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel at caiaq.de>


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