[alsa-devel] i8253 locking and PC speaker on non-{mips,x86}

[Takashi Iwai]

At Sat, 28 May 2011 12:21:20 +0100,
Ralf Baechle wrote:
> 
> No longer terribly relevant these days but ...
> 
> drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c:
> 
> #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS) || defined(CONFIG_X86)
> /* Use the global PIT lock ! */
> #include <asm/i8253.h>
> #else
> #include <asm/8253pit.h>
> static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock);
> #endif
> 
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.h:
> 
> #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS) || defined(CONFIG_X86)
> /* Use the global PIT lock ! */
> #include <asm/i8253.h>
> #else
> #include <asm/8253pit.h>
> static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock);
> 
> $ git grep -F pcsp.h sound/drivers/pcsp
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c:#include "pcsp.h"
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_input.c:#include "pcsp.h"
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:#include "pcsp.h"
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_mixer.c:#include "pcsp.h"
> $ git grep -w i8253_lock sound/drivers/pcsp/
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.h:static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock);
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_input.c:        raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock, flags
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_input.c:        raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock, 
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:          raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock, flags
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:          raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock, 
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:  raw_spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:  raw_spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:  raw_spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
> sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:  raw_spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
> 
> Locks are great, everybody should have their own lock!

Yeah, if they were actually built.  But snd-pcsp driver is built only
for x86:

config SND_PCSP
	tristate "PC-Speaker support (READ HELP!)"
	depends on PCSPKR_PLATFORM && X86 && HIGH_RES_TIMERS
	depends on INPUT
	depends on EXPERIMENTAL

So, the current code in sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.h is harmless, but
just confusing because of copy-and-paste from
drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c.
The part for non-x86 should be removed or commented better.


thanks,

Takashi