On Fri, 3 Sep 2021, at 6:24 AM, Ravikiran belur wrote: > Thanks Arun. > > I looked at the fix below for a similar mainloop blocking issue. > https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2013-May/017283.html > > I wanted to make use of threaded mainloop for blocking operations like > below, so that the core mainloop is not blocked. > Please suggest if this is possible. > > /* Runs in PA core mainloop context */ > static void pa_core_api (pa_mainloop_api *api, void *userdata) { > > /* call PA core APIs here*/ > } > > /* Runs in local threaded mainloop context */ > static void blocking_func(pa_mainloop_api *api, void *userdata) { > > /* make blocking operations here */ > > pa_mainloop_api_once(*core->mainloop*, pa_core_api, userdata); /* execute pa_core_api() in PA core mainloop context */ > } > > /* Runs in PA core mainloop context */ > static void hook_callback() { > > pa_threaded_mainloop_lock(u->threaded_mainloop); > > pa_mainloop_api_once(*u->threaded_mainloop_api*, blocking_func, userdata); /* execute blocking_func() in threaded_mainloop context */ > > pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(u->threaded_mainloop); > } You could do this, or just start up a thread and use a message queue using some of the utility functions we have (pa_thread_new() and pa_thread_mq). -- Arun
