Re: [PATCH] ALSA: seq: oss: Send fragmented SysEx messages immediately

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 06 Jan 2025 04:10:01 +0100,
Kun Hu wrote:
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> > Hi Takashi Iwai,
> > I noticed that in your previous modifications, you seemed to have made lots of changes to the related structures, along with many updates to the snd_seq_oss_synth_sysex function. However, in the latest kernel tree, it seems that only a mutex lock has been added to this function.
> > While this certainly resolves the issue, I’m personally curious to understand the reasoning behind this approach. Was there a specific consideration or constraint that led to this simplified solution?
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> > Thankx
> > Kun hu
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> I see, you’re going to submit the patch to  6.14, but a temporary band-aid for 6.13.

Yes.  Although the second patch is cleaner, it is more intrusive and
change the behavior, hence it needs more test coverage, which isn't
suitable for 6.13 at this late stage.


Takashi