On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:42:06 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:01:47 +0200, > Wischer, Timo (ADITG/SW1) wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am wondering about the implementation of the new thread-safety feature [1]. > > There are so many issues with deadlocks (e.g. [3]) which were already solved but also which are not yet solved. > > > > Why do you not using a recursive mutex to avoid most of this deadlocks? > > Using PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE as the pthread attribute [2]. > > It sounds like a good idea. > Although the plugin should be written not to cause deadlock, it's > better to avoid such a pain by allowing the recursive lock. > > Care to test and submit the proper patch? Never mind, I committed a quick fix to git repo now. Thanks for the suggestion! Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
