[alsa-devel] snd_pcm_set_params faild on set_buffer_time_near and set_period_time_near

Martin Geier martin.geier at streamunlimited.com
Fri Jul 24 13:16:44 CEST 2015


Patch with fixed name and description.

Martin


On 24.07.2015 10:21, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:52:14 +0200,
> Martin Geier wrote:
>> Thanks for help,
>>
>> in attachment is patch with suggest change.
>> Is the patch acceptable?
> I prefer a bit clearer name like params_saved or such, but yes, it's
> what I had in my mind, too.  Could you tidy it up and resubmit with
> the more description -- why it's needed and what does it?  Last but
> not least, it'd be helpful if you give also signed-off-by tag.
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Takashi
>
>> Martin
>>
>> On 23.07.2015 10:11, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:52:01 +0200,
>>> Martin Geier wrote:
>>>> Hallo,
>>>>
>>>> I tried to configure alsa device with snd_pcm_set_params function,
>>>> requested
>>>> parameters was:
>>>> channel 2, rate: 22050, soft_resample: 1, latency: 50000
>>>>
>>>> Function snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_time_near and
>>>> snd_pcm_hw_param_set_near
>>>> is called with:
>>>> min: 50000, max: 50000, mindir: 0, maxdir: -1
>>>>
>>>> and input params was:
>>>>
>>>> ACCESS:  RW_INTERLEAVED
>>>> FORMAT:  S16_LE
>>>> SUBFORMAT:  STD
>>>> SAMPLE_BITS: 16
>>>> FRAME_BITS: 32
>>>> CHANNELS: 2
>>>> RATE: 22050
>>>> PERIOD_TIME: (362 743039)
>>>> PERIOD_SIZE: [8 16384]
>>>> PERIOD_BYTES: [32 65536]
>>>> PERIODS: [2 19]
>>>> BUFFER_TIME: (725 1486078)
>>>> BUFFER_SIZE: [16 32768]
>>>> BUFFER_BYTES: [64 131072]
>>>> TICK_TIME: ALL
>>>>
>>>> unfortunately, this function fails, on function snd_pcm_hw_param_set_first:
>>>>
>>>> ALSA ERROR hw_params: set_near (BUFFER_TIME)
>>>>               value = 50000 : Invalid argument
>>>> ACCESS:  RW_INTERLEAVED
>>>> FORMAT:  S16_LE
>>>> SUBFORMAT:  STD
>>>> SAMPLE_BITS: 16
>>>> FRAME_BITS: 32
>>>> CHANNELS: 2
>>>> RATE: 22050
>>>> PERIOD_TIME: (4580 5533)
>>>> PERIOD_SIZE: NONE
>>>> PERIOD_BYTES: [404 488]
>>>> PERIODS: 10
>>>> BUFFER_TIME: (50022 50023)
>>>> BUFFER_SIZE: 1103
>>>> BUFFER_BYTES: 4412
>>>> TICK_TIME: ALL
>>>>
>>>> This shouldn't be problem because in snd_pcm_set_params is
>>>> snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_time_near called.
>>>> This function should be called with same params as
>>>> snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_time_near
>>>> but the input params are:
>>>>
>>>> snd_pcm_hw_param_set_near: min: 12500, max: 12500, mindir: 0, maxdir: -1
>>>> hw_params: snd_pcm_hw_param_set_near (PERIOD_TIME)
>>>> ACCESS:  RW_INTERLEAVED
>>>> FORMAT:  S16_LE
>>>> SUBFORMAT:  STD
>>>> SAMPLE_BITS: 16
>>>> FRAME_BITS: 32
>>>> CHANNELS: 2
>>>> RATE: 22050
>>>> PERIOD_TIME: (4580 5533)
>>>> PERIOD_SIZE: NONE
>>>> PERIOD_BYTES: [404 488]
>>>> PERIODS: 10
>>>> BUFFER_TIME: (50022 50023)
>>>> BUFFER_SIZE: 1103
>>>> BUFFER_BYTES: 4412
>>>> TICK_TIME: ALL
>>>>
>>>> because in snd_pcm_hw_param_set_near is
>>>>
>>>> if (last)
>>>>        err = snd_pcm_hw_param_set_last(pcm, params, var, val, dir);
>>>> else
>>>>        err = snd_pcm_hw_param_set_first(pcm, params, var, val, dir);
>>>> if (err < 0)
>>>>        dump_hw_params(params, "set_near", var, *val, err);
>>>> return err;
>>>>
>>>> and in error part is only debug output and not restore original parameters.
>>>>
>>>> Environment:
>>>> alsa-lib 1.0.27.1
>>>> TI AM335x soc
>>>>
>>>> Simple fix is attached, but I am not sure if it is correct.
>>> Thanks for analysis and patch.  It's however rather a bug in
>>> snd_pcm_set_params().  There is no guarantee to keep the old value in
>>> snd_pcm_set_*(), thus the caller needs to take care of it instead.
>>>
>>>
>>> Takashi
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>>
>> >From 2d4e94d974678bbd4826b33c59c275d1f34edc20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Martin Geier <martin.geier at streamunlimited.com>
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:30:57 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH] restore hw params on set rate failed
>>
>> ---
>>   pcm.c | 4 +++-
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/pcm/pcm.c b/src/pcm/pcm.c
>> index ca4d416..b6de73e 100644
>> --- a/src/pcm/pcm.c
>> +++ b/src/pcm/pcm.c
>> @@ -7883,7 +7883,7 @@ int snd_pcm_set_params(snd_pcm_t *pcm,
>>                          int soft_resample,
>>                          unsigned int latency)
>>   {
>> -        snd_pcm_hw_params_t *params;
>> +        snd_pcm_hw_params_t *params, pparams;
>>           snd_pcm_sw_params_t *swparams;
>>           const char *s = snd_pcm_stream_name(snd_pcm_stream(pcm));
>>           snd_pcm_uframes_t buffer_size, period_size;
>> @@ -7936,9 +7936,11 @@ int snd_pcm_set_params(snd_pcm_t *pcm,
>>   		return -EINVAL;
>>   	}
>>   	/* set the buffer time */
>> +	pparams = *params;
>>   	err = INTERNAL(snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_time_near)(pcm, params, &latency, NULL);
>>   	if (err < 0) {
>>   	        /* error path -> set period size as first */
>> +			*params = pparams;
>>           	/* set the period time */
>>           	period_time = latency / 4;
>>           	err = INTERNAL(snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_time_near)(pcm, params, &period_time, NULL);
>> -- 
>> 1.9.1
>>

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