[alsa-devel] how to update the hw_ptr in the interrupt?

[Zhang wei]

Hello every one.i am in a trouble and could anyone help me figure out ? 

I have spent couple days trying to understand ,but I do not know the
pricinple clearly which decides how to adjust the hw_ptr in the
interrupt routine. 

Below is the reference sourcecode in the snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr0().

When the DMA interrupt ocurrs the process will enter the
snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr0() with the in_interrupt=1.

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if (in_interrupt) {

                   /* we know that one period was processed */

                   /* delta = "expected next hw_ptr" for in_interrupt !=
0 */

                   delta = runtime->hw_ptr_interrupt +
runtime->period_size;

                   if (delta > new_hw_ptr) {

                            /* check for double acknowledged interrupts
*/

                            hdelta = jiffies - runtime->hw_ptr_jiffies;

                            if (hdelta >
runtime->hw_ptr_buffer_jiffies/2) {

                                     hw_base += runtime->buffer_size;

                                     if (hw_base >= runtime->boundary)

                                               hw_base = 0;

                                     new_hw_ptr = hw_base + pos;

                                     goto __delta;

                            }

                   }

         }

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The question is:

what can we get from the result of the compare between delta and
new_hw_ptr.? Why  we can conclue it?

The delta represent the expected location in the range of  *boundary* ,
and it producted based the hw_ptr_interrupt(*not fixed*) and
perod_size(fixed)?

The new_hw_ptr is producted by runtime->hw_ptr_base plus pos.

What Is the relationship between delta and new_hw_ptr? Why we can
compare them with each other ?

 

Any tips will be ok.

Thanks a lot.

 

Best Regards

zw