[alsa-devel] 2.6.26.[6|7]-rt11, alsa rawmidi, seq hang

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano nando at ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Thu Nov 13 23:56:02 CET 2008 

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 13:01 -0800, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 10:12 +0100, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > > I'm seeing a realtime patch related hard hang in the kernel alsa
> > > subsystem (MIDI input/output). In a nutshell:
> > >
> > > - alsa rawmidi works (ie: "rawmidi -v -i hw:0" outputs a stream of
> > > messages when pointed to a midi capable card that has an external
> > > keyboard connected).
> > >
> > > - the alsa sequencer interface works (ie: aplaymidi connected to
> > > aseqdump transfers data just fine).
> > >
> > > - BOTH combined do NOT work (ie: use aconnect to connect the port that
> > > corresponds to the external midi interface to aseqdump: aseqdump hangs
> > > forever after transferring the first message and the only way out is a
> > > reboot).
> > 
> > > ... including the output of a "echo t >/proc/sysrq-trigger" that
> > > should show where aseqdump currently hangs (or so I think).
> > 
> > It hangs in tasklet_kill(), which gets called while it tries to close
> > the rawmidi port.
> > 
> > The rawmidi framework uses this tasklet to notify the sequencer that new
> > MIDI data is available.  The handler function is
> > snd_rawmidi_input_event_tasklet() in sound/core/rawmidi.c; the sequencer
> > callback that gets called from there is snd_midi_input_event() in
> > core/seq/seq_midi.c.
> > 
> > You say that the first event gets delivered, so it might be possible
> > that the tasklet never finishes executing.  Please check whether the
> > call to snd_seq_kernel_client_dispatch() in snd_midi_input_event()
> > ever returns.
> 
> Going back to this in the hope of a bit more data helping solve the
> problem...
> 
> I don't understand what is going on (of course! :-)
> 
> Cards look like this:
> 
> $ cat /proc/asound/cards
>  0 [Gina3G         ]: Echo_Echo3G - Gina3G
>                       Gina3G rev.0 (DSP56361) at 0xfeb00000 irq 18
>  1 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
>                       HDA Intel at 0xfe7f8000 irq 22
>  2 [PCR            ]: USB-Audio - PCR
>                       EDIROL PCR at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1, full speed
> 
> Here's what I do:
>   - start aseqdump
>   - aconnect 16:0 128:0
>   - aseqdump receives one midi message (one byte active sensing msg)
>   - aseqdump hangs forever (reboot needed)
> 
> This is what dmesg prints (patch attached which shows where the printk's
> are located in the source for rawmidi.c and seq_midi.c):

More info with some more printk's (see attached patch for location):

after aseqdump startup:

snd_seq_fifo: before init
snd_seq_fifo: after init
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: before poll_wait
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: after poll_wait

after aconnect:

snd_seq_fifo: before init
snd_seq_fifo: after init
rawmidi: before input ops trigger
rawmidi: after input ops trigger
rawmidi: before input ops trigger
rawmidi: after input ops trigger
snd_seq_fifo_event_in: before wake_up
snd_seq_fifo_event_in: after wake_up
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: before poll_wait
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: after poll_wait
snd_seq_fifo_cell_out: before spin_unlock
snd_seq_fifo_cell_out: after spin_unlock
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: before poll_wait
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: after poll_wait
rawmidi: before receive spinlock
rawmidi: after receive spinlock
rawmidi: about to run receive tasklet
rawmidi: run receive tasklet
rawmidi: before receive spin unlock
rawmidi: after receive spin unlock
rawmidi: about to run input tasklet
seq: snd_midi_input_event called
seq: seq_midi_input_event loop begin
rawmidi: before input ops trigger
rawmidi: after input ops trigger
seq: snd_seq_kernel_client_dispatch called
snd_seq_fifo_event_in: before wake_up
snd_seq_fifo_event_in: after wake_up
seq: snd_seq_kernel_client_dispatch returned
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: before poll_wait
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: after poll_wait
seq: snd_midi_input_event exiting
rawmidi: after running input tasklet
snd_seq_fifo_cell_out: before spin_unlock
snd_seq_fifo_cell_out: after spin_unlock
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: before poll_wait
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: after poll_wait
rawmidi: before receive spinlock
rawmidi: after receive spinlock
rawmidi: about to run receive tasklet
rawmidi: run receive tasklet
rawmidi: before receive spin unlock
rawmidi: after receive spin unlock
rawmidi: before receive spinlock
rawmidi: after receive spinlock
rawmidi: about to run receive tasklet
rawmidi: run receive tasklet
rawmidi: before receive spin unlock
rawmidi: after receive spin unlock
rawmidi: before receive spinlock
rawmidi: after receive spinlock
rawmidi: about to run receive tasklet

Hangs here:

Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: aseqdump      S [f55762f0] f714dbe0     0
5360   5318
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel:       f714dbd4 00200082 f628edc0 f714dbe0
c042ab6d f55762f0 f5576584 c4847700 
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel:       00000001 c4847700 098b418d 0000003d
00000000 00000000 00200246 f63980f4 
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel:       f714dbc0 c06456c1 f63980f4 f714dc5c
f714dbcc 00000000 7fffffff f714de98 
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: Call Trace:
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c042ab6d>] ? vprintk+0x30e/0x331
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c06456c1>] ? __rt_spin_lock+0x24/0x61
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0643ba5>] schedule+0xbf/0xd8
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0643c72>] schedule_timeout+0x17/0xbc
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0642de5>] ? printk+0xf/0x12
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<f8967c0c>] ? snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait
+0x32/0x44 [snd_seq]
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<f8964fad>] ? snd_seq_poll+0x4d/0x9f
[snd_seq]
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0495d92>] do_sys_poll+0x292/0x348
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0496be2>] ? __pollwait+0x0/0xb6
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0425c81>] ? default_wake_function
+0x0/0x12
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0645736>] ? rt_spin_lock+0x38/0x3b
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c04752f7>] ? page_address+0x88/0xaa
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c047596d>] ? kmap_high+0x421/0x42a
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c04ff574>] ? radix_valid_always+0x0/0xa
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c046430b>] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x6d/0x72
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c04699ec>] ? find_get_page+0xfa/0x120
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0440314>] ? getnstimeofday+0x3c/0xd6
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c043e653>] ? ktime_get_ts+0x4a/0x4e
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c043e66a>] ? ktime_get+0x13/0x2f
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0424060>] ? hrtick_start_fair
+0x140/0x148
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c041f87b>] ? task_rq_lock+0x44/0x6e
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0425c76>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x212/0x21d
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0425c91>] ? default_wake_function
+0x10/0x12
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c041ddd8>] ? __wake_up_common+0x35/0x5b
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0423172>] ? __wake_up+0x28/0x32
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0554f2e>] ? n_tty_receive_buf
+0xfa9/0xff7
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0554f2e>] ? n_tty_receive_buf
+0xfa9/0xff7
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c05009a6>] ? rb_insert_color+0x56/0xc0
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c043dbab>] ? enqueue_hrtimer+0x112/0x11e
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c043e441>] ? hrtimer_start+0x133/0x162
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c04249d0>] ? hrtick_set+0x97/0xe5
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c06456c1>] ? __rt_spin_lock+0x24/0x61
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0645736>] ? rt_spin_lock+0x38/0x3b
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<f8967c68>] ? snd_seq_fifo_cell_out
+0x4a/0x146 [snd_seq]
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0425c81>] ? default_wake_function
+0x0/0x12
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<f8965041>] ? snd_seq_read+0x0/0x1d8
[snd_seq]
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<f896511e>] ? snd_seq_read+0xdd/0x1d8
[snd_seq]
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c04d73d3>] ? security_file_permission
+0xf/0x11
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c045e231>] ? audit_syscall_entry
+0xf9/0x123
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c049606a>] sys_poll+0x3a/0x6a
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: [<c0404be6>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Nov 13 14:39:57 host kernel: =======================

After I try to kill aseqdump:

snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: before poll_wait
snd_seq_fifo_poll_wait: after poll_wait
rawmidi: before input ops trigger
rawmidi: after input ops trigger
rawmidi: about to kill input tasklet
(definitely hangs there as well, never kills tasklet)

Help!
What can I try next??
-- Fernando

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