Re: [linux-audio-dev] questions to be resolved

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] questions to be resolved
From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Tue May 22 2001 - 18:39:41 EEST


>These threads are becoming very chaotic... are you sure to have read my
>answer? Why do you talk about "atomic pointer swap"? graph is changed by
>engine, no concurrency exists.

The engine's audio thread cannot change the graph, since its a
non-deterministic operation that may interfere with low-latency
real-time operation. Therefore, there are at least two threads
operating on the graph: the audio thread and whichever thread is
changing the graph.

--p


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