Re: [LAD] JACK session API in Perl, Python, Ruby, and Lua

From: Joel Roth <joelz@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Mar 22 2012 - 17:55:31 EET

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 09:03:12AM +0100, Emanuel Rumpf wrote:
> Am 21. März 2012 18:28 schrieb Joel Roth <joelz@email-addr-hidden>:
> >
> > https://github.com/navicore/Jacks
> >
>
> hm ...
> The code uses a mutex_lock in the process callback:
>
> _lock(_this_);
> _this_->nframes = nframes;
> _unlock(_this_);
>
>
> From the doc of pthread_mutex_lock: "If the mutex is already locked,
> the calling thread blocks until the mutex becomes available."
>
> A try-lock (pthread_mutex_trylock) may be less likely to disturb jacks
> process flow.

I've forwarded your reply, and suggested the author join
the list. :-)

Regards,

-- 
Joel Roth
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