Federico Simoncelli wrote: > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-audio.c > ... > +#include <sound/ac97_codec.h> What do you need this header for? > +static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_usbtv_digital_hw = { > + ... > + .period_bytes_min = 11059, > + .period_bytes_max = 13516, > + .periods_max = 98, > + .buffer_bytes_max = 62720 * 8, /* value in usbaudio.c */ Where do these values come from? (There is no "usbaudio.c" file.) > +static int snd_usbtv_pcm_close(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream) > +{ > + if (atomic_read(&chip->snd_stream)) { > + atomic_set(&chip->snd_stream, 0); Doing _two_ atomic operations is racy. You probably want a function like test_and_clear_bit(). > + schedule_work(&chip->snd_trigger); The device must be closed when the .close callback returns. > +static void usbtv_audio_urb_received(struct urb *urb) > +{ > + struct usbtv *chip = urb->context; > + struct snd_pcm_substream *substream = chip->snd_substream; > + struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime; > + size_t i, frame_bytes, chunk_length, buffer_pos, period_pos; > + int period_elapsed; > + void *urb_current; > + > + if (!atomic_read(&chip->snd_stream)) > + return; And what if the device is closed in the middle of this function? > + snd_pcm_stream_lock(substream); > + > + chip->snd_buffer_pos = buffer_pos; > + chip->snd_period_pos = period_pos; > + > + snd_pcm_stream_unlock(substream); What is the purpose of this lock (besides introducing the chance of a deadlock)? > +static int usbtv_audio_start(struct usbtv *chip) > +{ > ... > + chip->snd_bulk_urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (chip->snd_bulk_urb == NULL) > + goto err_alloc_urb; > + > + pipe = usb_rcvbulkpipe(chip->udev, USBTV_AUDIO_ENDP); > + > + chip->snd_bulk_urb->transfer_buffer = kzalloc( Mapping this buffer repeatedly is inefficient. Better use usb_alloc_coherent(). > + USBTV_AUDIO_URBSIZE, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (chip->snd_bulk_urb->transfer_buffer == NULL) > + goto err_transfer_buffer; > + > + usb_fill_bulk_urb(chip->snd_bulk_urb, chip->udev, pipe, > + chip->snd_bulk_urb->transfer_buffer, USBTV_AUDIO_URBSIZE, > + usbtv_audio_urb_received, chip); > + > + /* starting the stream */ > + usbtv_set_regs(chip, setup, ARRAY_SIZE(setup)); > + > + usb_clear_halt(chip->udev, pipe); Allocating resources should be done in the .hw_params and/or .prepare callbacks. The .trigger callback should do as little as possible. > + usb_submit_urb(chip->snd_bulk_urb, GFP_ATOMIC); For this single call, you don't need a workqueue. > +static int usbtv_audio_stop(struct usbtv *chip) > +{ > ... > + if (chip->snd_bulk_urb) { > + usb_kill_urb(chip->snd_bulk_urb); > + kfree(chip->snd_bulk_urb->transfer_buffer); > + usb_free_urb(chip->snd_bulk_urb); > + chip->snd_bulk_urb = NULL; > + } > + > + usbtv_set_regs(chip, setup, ARRAY_SIZE(setup)); Freeing resources should be done in the .hw_free and .close callbacks. > +void usbtv_audio_suspend(struct usbtv *usbtv) > +{ > + if (atomic_read(&usbtv->snd_stream) && usbtv->snd_bulk_urb) Both tests are racy. > +static int snd_usbtv_card_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd) > +... > + case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_RESUME: This driver does not actually support resuming a PCM device from the position where it stopped playing. > + case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_RELEASE: This driver does not actually support pausing a PCM device. You must at least set the correct SNDRC_PCM_INFO_ flags. > +int usbtv_audio_init(struct usbtv *usbtv) > + ... > + snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all(pcm, SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_CONTINUOUS, > + snd_dma_continuous_data(GFP_KERNEL), USBTV_AUDIO_BUFFER, > + USBTV_AUDIO_BUFFER); You are not doing DMA to the ALSA buffer, so there is no need for it to be physically contiguous. Better use a vmalloc()-ed buffer. > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv.h > +#define USBTV_AUDIO_URBSIZE 20480 > +#define USBTV_AUDIO_BUFFER 65536 Where do these values come from? > @@ -91,9 +96,23 @@ struct usbtv { > + size_t snd_buffer_pos; > + size_t snd_period_pos; Why size_t? Regards, Clemens -- 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