gstreamer/ext/alsa/gstalsasink.h
yanghuolin 67a7b5a993 alsasink: don't use 100% CPU
The root cause is that alsa-lib is not thread safe for the same handle.
There are two threads in the gstreamer accessing alsa-lib not serilized.
The race condition happens when one thread holds the old framebuffer app_ptr
position in the kernel, another thread advances the framebuffer app_ptr.
when the former thread is scheduled to run again, it overwrites the app_ptr
to old value by copying from kernel.Thus,the app_ptr in the upper
alsa-lib(pcm_rate) become one period size more advanced than the lower
alsa-lib(pcm_hw & kernel).

gstreamer uses noblock and poll method to communicate with the alsa-lib.
The app_ptr unsync situation as described above makes the poll return immediately because
it concludes there is enough space for the ring-buffer via the low-level alsa-lib.
The write function returns immediately because it concludes there is not enough
space for the ring-buffer from the upper-level alsa-lib. Then the loop of poll
and write runs again and again until another period size is available for
ring-buffer.This leads to the cpu 100 problem.

delay_lock  is used to avoid the race condition.

Fixes: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690937
2013-01-24 15:08:31 +01:00

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/* GStreamer
* Copyright (C) 2005 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
*
* gstalsasink.h:
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
* Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef __GST_ALSASINK_H__
#define __GST_ALSASINK_H__
#include <gst/gst.h>
#include <gst/audio/audio.h>
#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
G_BEGIN_DECLS
#define GST_TYPE_ALSA_SINK (gst_alsasink_get_type())
#define GST_ALSA_SINK(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj),GST_TYPE_ALSA_SINK,GstAlsaSink))
#define GST_ALSA_SINK_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((klass),GST_TYPE_ALSA_SINK,GstAlsaSinkClass))
#define GST_IS_ALSA_SINK(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE((obj),GST_TYPE_ALSA_SINK))
#define GST_IS_ALSA_SINK_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE((klass),GST_TYPE_ALSA_SINK))
#define GST_ALSA_SINK_CAST(obj) ((GstAlsaSink *) (obj))
typedef struct _GstAlsaSink GstAlsaSink;
typedef struct _GstAlsaSinkClass GstAlsaSinkClass;
#define GST_ALSA_SINK_GET_LOCK(obj) (&GST_ALSA_SINK_CAST (obj)->alsa_lock)
#define GST_ALSA_SINK_LOCK(obj) (g_mutex_lock (GST_ALSA_SINK_GET_LOCK (obj)))
#define GST_ALSA_SINK_UNLOCK(obj) (g_mutex_unlock (GST_ALSA_SINK_GET_LOCK (obj)))
#define GST_DELAY_SINK_GET_LOCK(obj) (&GST_ALSA_SINK_CAST (obj)->delay_lock)
#define GST_DELAY_SINK_LOCK(obj) (g_mutex_lock (GST_DELAY_SINK_GET_LOCK (obj)))
#define GST_DELAY_SINK_UNLOCK(obj) (g_mutex_unlock (GST_DELAY_SINK_GET_LOCK (obj)))
/**
* GstAlsaSink:
*
* Opaque data structure
*/
struct _GstAlsaSink {
GstAudioSink sink;
gchar *device;
snd_pcm_t *handle;
snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hwparams;
snd_pcm_sw_params_t *swparams;
snd_pcm_access_t access;
snd_pcm_format_t format;
guint rate;
guint channels;
gint bpf;
gboolean iec958;
gboolean need_swap;
guint buffer_time;
guint period_time;
snd_pcm_uframes_t buffer_size;
snd_pcm_uframes_t period_size;
GstCaps *cached_caps;
GMutex alsa_lock;
GMutex delay_lock;
};
struct _GstAlsaSinkClass {
GstAudioSinkClass parent_class;
};
GType gst_alsasink_get_type(void);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /* __GST_ALSASINK_H__ */