From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D4EDC432C0 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:58:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 358D720714 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:58:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1732572AbfKTP6y (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Nov 2019 10:58:54 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:39922 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732062AbfKTP6y (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Nov 2019 10:58:54 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 315A0B2C0B; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:58:51 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:58:50 +0100 Message-ID: From: Takashi Iwai To: Andrew Gabbasov Cc: , , Jaroslav Kysela , Takashi Iwai , Timo Wischer Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] ALSA: aloop: Support selection of snd_timer instead of jiffies In-Reply-To: <000101d59fb8$a288a280$e799e780$@mentor.com> References: <20191120115856.4125-1-andrew_gabbasov@mentor.com> <20191120115856.4125-2-andrew_gabbasov@mentor.com> <20191120115856.4125-3-andrew_gabbasov@mentor.com> <20191120115856.4125-4-andrew_gabbasov@mentor.com> <20191120115856.4125-5-andrew_gabbasov@mentor.com> <20191120115856.4125-6-andrew_gabbasov@mentor.com> <20191120115856.4125-7-andrew_gabbasov@mentor.com> <000001d59fb6$4ca36aa0$e5ea3fe0$@mentor.com> <000101d59fb8$a288a280$e799e780$@mentor.com> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI/1.14.6 (Maruoka) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?UTF-8?B?R29qxY0=?=) APEL/10.8 Emacs/25.3 (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:39:00 +0100, Andrew Gabbasov wrote: > > Hello Takashi, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Takashi Iwai [mailto:tiwai@suse.de] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 6:32 PM > > To: Gabbasov, Andrew > > Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Jaroslav > > Kysela; Takashi Iwai; Timo Wischer > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] ALSA: aloop: Support selection of snd_timer > > instead of jiffies > > > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:21:36 +0100, > > Andrew Gabbasov wrote: > > > > > > Hello Takashi, > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Takashi Iwai [mailto:tiwai@suse.de] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 5:34 PM > > > > To: Gabbasov, Andrew > > > > Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > Jaroslav > > > > Kysela; Takashi Iwai; Timo Wischer > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] ALSA: aloop: Support selection of > snd_timer > > > > instead of jiffies > > > > > > > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:58:55 +0100, > > > > Andrew Gabbasov wrote: > > > > > +/* call in loopback->cable_lock */ > > > > > +static int loopback_snd_timer_open(struct loopback_pcm *dpcm) > > > > > +{ > > > > > + int err = 0; > > > > > + struct snd_timer_id tid = { > > > > > + .dev_class = SNDRV_TIMER_CLASS_PCM, > > > > > + .dev_sclass = SNDRV_TIMER_SCLASS_APPLICATION, > > > > > + }; > > > > > + struct snd_timer_instance *timeri; > > > > > + struct loopback_cable *cable = dpcm->cable; > > > > > + > > > > > + spin_lock_irq(&cable->lock); > > > > > + > > > > > + /* check if timer was already opened. It is only opened once > > > > > + * per playback and capture subdevice (aka cable). > > > > > + */ > > > > > + if (cable->snd_timer.instance) > > > > > + goto unlock; > > > > > + > > > > > + err = loopback_parse_timer_id(dpcm->loopback->timer_source, > > &tid); > > > > > + if (err < 0) { > > > > > + pcm_err(dpcm->substream->pcm, > > > > > + "Parsing timer source \'%s\' failed with > %d", > > > > > + dpcm->loopback->timer_source, err); > > > > > + goto unlock; > > > > > + } > > > > > + > > > > > + cable->snd_timer.stream = dpcm->substream->stream; > > > > > + cable->snd_timer.id = tid; > > > > > + > > > > > + timeri = snd_timer_instance_new(dpcm->loopback->card->id); > > > > > + if (!timeri) { > > > > > + err = -ENOMEM; > > > > > + goto unlock; > > > > > + } > > > > > + /* The callback has to be called from another tasklet. If > > > > > + * SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_FAST is specified it will be called from > > the > > > > > + * snd_pcm_period_elapsed() call of the selected sound card. > > > > > + * snd_pcm_period_elapsed() helds > > snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave(). > > > > > + * Due to our callback loopback_snd_timer_function() also > > calls > > > > > + * snd_pcm_period_elapsed() which calls > > > > snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave(). > > > > > + * This would end up in a dead lock. > > > > > + */ > > > > > + timeri->flags |= SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_AUTO; > > > > > + timeri->callback = loopback_snd_timer_function; > > > > > + timeri->callback_data = (void *)cable; > > > > > + timeri->ccallback = loopback_snd_timer_event; > > > > > + > > > > > + /* snd_timer_close() and snd_timer_open() should not be > called > > with > > > > > + * locked spinlock because both functions can block on a > > mutex. The > > > > > + * mutex loopback->cable_lock is kept locked. Therefore > > > > snd_timer_open() > > > > > + * cannot be called a second time by the other device of the > > same > > > > cable. > > > > > + * Therefore the following issue cannot happen: > > > > > + * [proc1] Call loopback_timer_open() -> > > > > > + * Unlock cable->lock for snd_timer_close/open() > call > > > > > + * [proc2] Call loopback_timer_open() -> snd_timer_open(), > > > > > + * snd_timer_start() > > > > > + * [proc1] Call snd_timer_open() and overwrite running timer > > > > > + * instance > > > > > + */ > > > > > + spin_unlock_irq(&cable->lock); > > > > > + err = snd_timer_open(timeri, &cable->snd_timer.id, current- > > >pid); > > > > > + if (err < 0) { > > > > > + pcm_err(dpcm->substream->pcm, > > > > > + "snd_timer_open (%d,%d,%d) failed with %d", > > > > > + cable->snd_timer.id.card, > > > > > + cable->snd_timer.id.device, > > > > > + cable->snd_timer.id.subdevice, > > > > > + err); > > > > > + snd_timer_instance_free(timeri); > > > > > + return err; > > > > > + } > > > > > + spin_lock_irq(&cable->lock); > > > > > + > > > > > + cable->snd_timer.instance = timeri; > > > > > + > > > > > + /* initialise a tasklet used for draining */ > > > > > + tasklet_init(&cable->snd_timer.event_tasklet, > > > > > + loopback_snd_timer_tasklet, (unsigned > > long)timeri); > > > > > > > > This has to be set before snd_timer_open(). The callback might be > > > > called immediately after snd_timer_open(). > > > > > > This tasklet is used/scheduled only in ccallback (not regular tick > > > callback), > > > and only for SNDRV_TIMER_EVENT_MSTOP event. Can this event really happen > > > immediately after snd_timer_open()? > > > > Why not? The master timer can be stopped at any time, even between > > these two lines. > > > > Beware that there are fuzzer programs that can trigger such racy > > things, and you're adding the code to the target that is actively > > slapped by them :) > > OK, got it. > I'll move this initialization to before snd_timer_open() in the next > update together with the fixes for the other issues you will find > in this version. I have no other issues, so you can just resubmit only that patch, too. thanks, Takashi