On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:19:06 -0800 (PST) Trent Piepho <xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Oliver Endriss wrote: > > e9hack wrote: > > > this change set is wrong. The affected functions cannot be called from an interrupt > > > context, because they may process large buffers. In this case, interrupts are disabled for > > > a long time. Functions, like dvb_dmx_swfilter_packets(), could be called only from a > > > tasklet. This change set does hide some strong design bugs in dm1105.c and au0828-dvb.c. > > > > > > Please revert this change set and do fix the bugs in dm1105.c and au0828-dvb.c (and other > > > files). > > > > @Mauro: > > > > This changeset _must_ be reverted! It breaks all kernels since 2.6.27 > > for applications which use DVB and require a low interrupt latency. > > > > It is a very bad idea to call the demuxer to process data buffers with > > interrupts disabled! > > I agree, this is bad. The demuxer is far too much work to be done with > IRQs off. IMHO, even doing it under a spin-lock is excessive. It should > be a mutex. Drivers should use a work-queue to feed the demuxer. Hartmut, Oliver and Trent: Thanks for helping with this issue. I've just reverted the changeset. We still need a fix at dm1105, au0828-dvb and maybe other drivers that call the filtering routines inside IRQ's. Cheers, Mauro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
