Re: [Jackit-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] 2.4.20 + lowlat +preempt + alsa + jack = dead computer

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Subject: Re: [Jackit-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] 2.4.20 + lowlat +preempt + alsa + jack = dead computer
From: Paul Davis (paul_AT_linuxaudiosystems.com)
Date: Sat Jan 04 2003 - 01:19:01 EET


>I browsed the Kernel Source and there is only one mark_inode_dirty in
>pipe_write (in fs/pipe.c). So we know where it is hanging...
>
>And in __mark_inode_dirty (in fs/inode.c) there is one
> spin_lock(&inode_lock)
>call, and I guess that is where the whole thing is hanging. So something
>is holding that lock... how do I find out who is doing that? Apparently
>the handling of inode_lock is confined to inode.c. I'll keep reading.
>
>Maybe the pipe in question is one of the pipes that jack uses for ipc?

seems *damn* likely ... sorry to just be chiming in with a useless comment!


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