linux/sound
Takashi Iwai 0910c216f7 ALSA: pcm - Optimize the call of snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr() in read/write loop
In the PCM read/write loop, the driver calls snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr()
at each time at the beginning of the loop.  Russell King reported that
this hogs CPU significantly.

The current code assumes that the pointer callback is very fast and
cheap, also not too much fine grained.  It's not true in all cases.
When the pointer advances short samples while the read/write copy has
been performed, the driver updates the hw_ptr and gets avail > 0
again.  Then it tries to read/write these small chunks.  This repeats
until the avail really gets to zero.

For avoiding this situation, a simple workaround is to call
snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr() only once at starting the loop, assuming that
the read/write copy is performed fast enough.  If the available count
becomes short, it goes to snd_pcm_wait_avail() anyway, and this
processes right.

Tested-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2012-05-11 19:05:12 +02:00
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aoa ALSA: aoa: Convert onyx and tas codec drivers to module_i2c_driver 2012-01-27 15:18:28 +01:00
arm ARM: cleanups of io includes 2012-03-29 18:02:10 -07:00
atmel ALSA: atmel/ac97c: correct the unexpected behavior when using uninitial value for reset pin 2012-05-11 12:10:04 +02:00
core ALSA: pcm - Optimize the call of snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr() in read/write loop 2012-05-11 19:05:12 +02:00
drivers Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf 2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
firewire IEEE 1394 (FireWire) subsystem updates post v3.3: 2012-03-22 20:31:15 -07:00
i2c [media] tea575x: fix HW seek 2012-03-19 11:28:52 -03:00
isa ALSA: sound/isa/sscape.c: add missing resource-release code 2012-04-10 08:42:07 +02:00
mips ALSA: Convert mips directory to module_platform_driver 2011-11-24 13:03:02 +01:00
oss sound: sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.c: add vfrees 2012-04-10 08:41:54 +02:00
parisc
pci ALSA: oxygen: add Xonar DGX support 2012-05-05 14:24:12 +02:00
pcmcia ALSA: module_param: make bool parameters really bool 2011-12-19 10:34:41 +01:00
ppc Merge branch 'topic/misc' into for-linus 2012-01-12 09:59:14 +01:00
sh ALSA: module_param: make bool parameters really bool 2011-12-19 10:34:41 +01:00
soc ASoC: tegra: fix i2s compilation when !CONFIG_DEBUG_FS 2012-04-06 12:28:49 +01:00
sparc ALSA: module_param: make bool parameters really bool 2011-12-19 10:34:41 +01:00
spi ALSA: Convert at73c213 to module_spi_driver 2012-01-27 15:18:36 +01:00
synth sound: Add export.h for THIS_MODULE/EXPORT_SYMBOL where needed 2011-10-31 19:31:22 -04:00
usb ALSA: snd-usb: fix some typos in endpoint.c documentation 2012-04-24 20:16:18 +02:00
ac97_bus.c
Kconfig um: switch to use of drivers/Kconfig 2011-11-02 14:15:41 +01:00
last.c
Makefile
sound_core.c sound: allow the unit search until 256 in sound_core.c 2012-05-08 17:27:03 +02:00
sound_firmware.c