[alsa-devel] Issue in alsa when dma complete race with pcm release

[Shengjiu Wang]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 09:13:47AM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 07/15/2015 03:37 AM, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> >On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 03:32:02PM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> >>On 07/07/2015 12:13 PM, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> >>>On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 02:27:01PM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> >>>>On 07/06/2015 11:01 AM, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> >>>>>On Fri, Jul 03, 2015 at 12:56:53PM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> >>>>>>On 07/03/2015 10:25 AM, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> >>>>>>>Hi alsa-devel
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>    There maybe a issue in ALSA when dma complete race with snd_pcm_release.
> >>>>>>>The pcm release and dma complete are in different thread. There is occasion
> >>>>>>>that dmaengine_pcm_dma_complete() is called too late, some memory has been
> >>>>>>>freed, the prtd is null. Then there is kernel dump.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>    Is there any solution for this issue? Thanks.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>We need to introduce a synchronization primitive that allows a
> >>>>>>dmaengine client to synchronize to the execution of the complete
> >>>>>>callbacks.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>terminate_all() unfortunately can't do this since terminate_all()
> >>>>>>might be called from within one of the complete callbacks and so
> >>>>>>would cause a deadlock if we'd wait for all complete callbacks to
> >>>>>>finish before terminate_all() returns.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>So what is needed is a new function called dmaengine_sync() that
> >>>>>>will wait until all scheduled complete callbacks have finished. A
> >>>>>>call to this function needs to be put in snd_dmaengine_pcm_close()
> >>>>>>before the prtd is closed.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>- Lars
> >>>>>
> >>>>>How to check " all scheduled complete callbacks have finished"?
> >>>>
> >>>>That will be up to the dmaengine driver. But it basically comes down
> >>>>to two things:
> >>>>
> >>>>1) The driver needs to make sure that tasklet_schedule() is no
> >>>>longer called after terminate_all() has finished.
> >>>Some driver can't make sure this. The dma interrupt may come later after
> >>>terminate_all.
> >>
> >>Most drivers can't make sure that the interrupt routine is not
> >>executed after terminate_all() has been called, since both are fully
> >>asynchronous. But what the driver needs to take care of is to
> >>synchronize the two e.g. using a spin_lock() and make sure that if
> >>terminate_all() has been called tasklet_schedule() is not called,
> >>even if the isr is executed. Most drivers get this rigght.
> >>
> >>>>2) In the sync() callback call tasklet_kill() to make sure that it
> >>>>has finished running
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>One concern is if add wait in snd_dmaengine_pcm_close(), which wil cause
> >>>>>the snd_pcm_release is bound with dmaengine, when there is error in dma
> >>>>>and no callback be called. Then the snd_pcm_release will not be released.
> >>>>
> >>>>The sync() function will only wait if there is a callback scheduled,
> >>>>if there is non scheduled it will return immediately.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Do you have other method to resolve this issue? or simple method?
> >>
> >>No, this is the way to go. You have two asynchronous processes and
> >>you want to get deterministic execution ordering between the two you
> >>need to add a synchronization primitive.
> >>
> >>- Lars
> >>
> >Thanks your advice. It is workable. But need to add new api in dmaengine.h
> >
> >I think about another method, can we add spin_lock in
> >dmaengine_pcm_dma_complete() and snd_dmaengine_pcm_close()? and add a flag
> >for pcm_close, if pcm closed, then just do nothing in dma complete.
> >How do you think for this?
> 
> Since you are freeing the memory that would store the flag that wont work.
> 
> - Lars
>
It seems the snd_pcm_substream is not released, can we add flag in this struct?\

best regards
wang shengjiu