[alsa-devel] alsaloop change avail_min question

[ed nwave]

OK, next time it does it I will post the parameters. The CPU usage is very
low for 44100 alsaloop in general. For future reference what does the
avail_min do/represent? Knowing what this value does may help next time it
occurs.

Thanks.

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 5:25 PM Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz> wrote:

> Dne 23. 10. 19 v 15:44 ed nwave napsal(a):
> > Hi,
> >
> > Over time I see the message below and the value slowly creeps up. Is
> this a
> > simple information output or more of a warning? If run alsaloop for a
> long
> > time - many hours of music, will alsaloop be prone to failure because of
> > this value increasing?
> >
> > playback plughw:Siso: change avail_min=7299
>
> It's difficult to say without knowing the details (the used parameters).
> The
> avail_min increase was added to avoid "no wait" loop (100% CPU usage).
>
>                                 Jaroslav
>
> --
> Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
> Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat, Inc.
>