[alsa-devel] [PATCH] alsa-lib: snd_pcm_delay and friends do not account for a write being currently in progress

[VDR User]

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:29 PM, John Lindgren <john.lindgren at tds.net> wrote:
> In a multi-threaded application it is possible for snd_pcm_delay or an
> equivalent function to be called by one thread while another is sitting
> in snd_pcm_writei.  In this case, snd_pcm_delay does not take into
> account that there may not be enough space for all the data passed to
> snd_pcm_writei to be written to the ring buffer at once, and will return
> incorrect values.

Hi.  I've been getting "pcm_hw.c: snd_pcm_hw_delay()
SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_DELAY failed." in my xine log and after some talks
with one of the devs, he suggested that alsa was not getting data fast
enough in some cases (iirc).  Could you please email me a copy of your
patch (so I don't have to hand-patch) to try?  Hopefully it will fix
this damn problem once and for all.

Thanks,
Derek