On Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:10:12 +0200, folkert wrote: > > > > > In which situation? > > > > > > I was testing something that listens for alsa events and for that I ran > > > a continuous loop that did: > > > > > > while true > > > do > > > aconnect 128:1 14:0 > > > aconnect -d 128:1 14:0 > > > aconnect -d 128:2 128:1 > > > aconnect 128:2 128:1 > > > done > > > > > > I ran 5 instances in parallel. > > > > > > 14 is midi through > > > 128 is rtpmidi > > > > So rtpmidi process keeps running during the loop, that is, it's only > > about connection and disconnection, right? > > Also, you're listening to an event during that -- but how? > > I tried it again but with a simpler setup: > > I've got these devices: > > root@lappiemctopface:~# aplaymidi -l > Port Client name Port name > 14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0 > 130:0 FLUID Synth (17032) Synth input port (17032:0) > 131:0 VMPK Input in > root@lappiemctopface:~# arecordmidi -l > Port Client name Port name > 14:0 Midi Through Midi Through Port-0 > 132:0 VMPK Output out > > I run this in 3x parallel: > > while true > do > aconnect 132:0 130:0 > aconnect -d 132:0 130:0 > done > > and then in less than a minute I get a backtrace. OK, thanks. That's more promising. Does this happen if you do reconnect of kernel sequencer client? You can use snd-virmidi as well as snd-dummy. I'm asking it because it'll simplify the test a lot, which will be almost self-contained. Takashi