>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> writes:
Jan> On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 03:39:21PM +0300, Momchil Velikov wrote:
Nagaraj> for( buff_index = i = 0; i < xfer_count; i++, buff_index =
Nagaraj> (buff_index+1)%MAX_BUFFERS ) {
>>
Nagaraj> sleep(1000);
>>
Nagaraj> read( buff_fd, (mbuff +buff_index*BUFF_SIZE), BUFF_SIZE );
>>
Nagaraj> }
>>
>> First, the above code has a race condition, which can add up to 1000 sec (!)
>> latency per frame!
Jan> Yes, there is. But first, it skips only to the next frame and
I wouldn't call 1000 seconds "only".
But, yes, not per frame, but per xfer_count frames.
~velco
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