[alsa-devel] multi-channel playback regression
Wu Fengguang
fengguang.wu at intel.com
Thu Jul 23 09:22:53 CEST 2009
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 03:01:21PM +0800, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:53:45 +0800,
> Wu Fengguang wrote:
> >
> > Hi Takashi,
> >
> > When doing multi-channel playback tests on IbexPeak, I found that the
> > following patch makes the playback enter an infinite loop, repeatedly
> > playing a range of ~0.5s audio content. (Seems that some buffer
> > pointer can never advance.)
>
> Could you set 1 to /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/xrun_debug and give the
> messages? Also, please show /proc/.../pcm0p/sub0/hw_params, too.
>
> The change affects only the code path for the problematic hardware
> that reports wrong DMA position. So, if this change regresses, it
> means that the device has been already problematic from the
> beginning...
I caught some messages:
# speaker-test -c8 -twav -D surround71
speaker-test 1.0.16
Playback device is surround71
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 8 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 16 to 4096
Period size range from 8 to 2048
Using max buffer size 4096
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 4096
0 - Front Left
^C
% cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
format: S16_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 8
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 1024
buffer_size: 4096
[ 382.621466] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1093: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x10
[ 382.629314] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1080: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x2, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x17
[ 382.644691] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1080: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x3, stream=0x5, channel=2, format=0x17
[ 382.656644] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1080: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x4, stream=0x5, channel=4, format=0x17
[ 382.672593] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1080: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x5, stream=0x5, channel=6, format=0x17
[ 382.863277] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 382.885281] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1064, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 382.906399] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=2080, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 382.927436] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=3092, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 382.948556] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=12, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 382.969675] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1025, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 382.991708] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=2088, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 383.012827] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=3104, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 383.033863] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=20, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 383.054983] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1036, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 387.886967] __ratelimit: 226 callbacks suppressed
[ 387.889543] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=20, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 387.908087] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1036, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 387.929206] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=2049, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 387.951239] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=3112, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 387.972358] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=32, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 387.993561] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1052, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 388.014680] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=2068, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 388.035717] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=3080, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 388.057584] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=36, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 388.078703] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1052, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 392.910772] __ratelimit: 226 callbacks suppressed
[ 392.913025] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=40, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 392.931891] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1056, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 392.952846] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=2064, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 392.974047] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=3084, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 392.995167] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 393.017201] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1064, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 393.038320] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=2080, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 393.059521] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=3100, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 393.080561] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=16, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 393.101761] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1036, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 397.933743] __ratelimit: 226 callbacks suppressed
[ 397.939240] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=20, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 397.954697] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1025, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 397.976647] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=2084, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 397.997600] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=3092, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 398.018719] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=12, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 398.039839] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1025, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 398.061788] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=2084, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 398.082741] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=3092, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 398.103862] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=12, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 398.124981] ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:254: PCM: Unexpected hw_pointer value (stream=0, pos=1025, intr_ptr=4096)
[ 400.777479] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1093: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x2
[ 400.786903] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1093: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x3
[ 400.795795] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1093: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x4
[ 400.804357] ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1093: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x5
>
> Takashi
>
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Fengguang
> > ---
> >
> > 79452f0a28aa5a40522c487b42a5fc423647ad98
> > Author: Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>
> > Date: Wed Jul 22 12:51:51 2009 +0200
> >
> > ALSA: pcm - Fix regressions with VMware
> >
> > VMware tends to report PCM positions and period updates at utterly
> > wrong timing. This screws up the recent PCM core code that tries
> > to correct the position based on the irq timing.
> >
> > Now, when a backward irq position is detected, skip the update
> > instead of rebasing. (This is almost the old behavior before
> > 2.6.30.)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>
> >
> > diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
> > index 333e4dd..3b673e2 100644
> > --- a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
> > +++ b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
> > @@ -244,18 +244,27 @@ static int snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr_interrupt(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
> > delta = new_hw_ptr - hw_ptr_interrupt;
> > }
> > if (delta < 0) {
> > - delta += runtime->buffer_size;
> > + if (runtime->periods == 1)
> > + delta += runtime->buffer_size;
> > if (delta < 0) {
> > hw_ptr_error(substream,
> > "Unexpected hw_pointer value "
> > "(stream=%i, pos=%ld, intr_ptr=%ld)\n",
> > substream->stream, (long)pos,
> > (long)hw_ptr_interrupt);
> > +#if 1
> > + /* simply skipping the hwptr update seems more
> > + * robust in some cases, e.g. on VMware with
> > + * inaccurate timer source
> > + */
> > + return 0; /* skip this update */
> > +#else
> > /* rebase to interrupt position */
> > hw_base = new_hw_ptr = hw_ptr_interrupt;
> > /* align hw_base to buffer_size */
> > hw_base -= hw_base % runtime->buffer_size;
> >
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