Re: rtirq

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On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Which disk writes? From the audio software? Aren't those performed in
> the audio thread and if so don't they inherit the higher rtprio assigned
> by JACK?

Nope, the audio data is copied into a ringbuffer, and then written to
disk using a non-RT thread.
The write() function call has unbounded execution time, so it must not
be called in the RT thread in order to avoid Xruns.

Cheers, -Harry

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