On 10.03.2016 02:54, glenvt18 wrote:
Hi folks,
I've found that with some DVB tuner drivers poll() returns when there
are only small (1-3) number of TS packets available to read(). This
results in high CPU usage of the TS buffer thread which is busy
reading small chunks of data in cTSBuffer::Action(). 2 out of 3 tuners
I tested were affected with this issue. Even with a "good" tuner TS
buffer thread CPU usage is up to 10% per HD stream on ARM Cortex-A7.
With the proposed patch it is below 1-2% on all ARM and x86_64
platforms I've tested. The delay value of 10 ms can be considered
safe:
media/dvb-core/dmxdev.h:109
#define DVR_BUFFER_SIZE (10*188*1024)
It will take a tuner to receive (10*188*1024)*8*(1000/10) / 1000000 =
1540 Mbit/s to overflow the device buffer within 10 ms interval. A
smaller delay is not enough for ARM. cDvbDevice has a ring buffer of
5MB which is larger.
This patch was made against VDR 2.3.1, but it can be applied to VDR
2.2.0 as well.
Please review.
glenvt18
---
Index: b/device.c
===================================================================
--- a/device.c 2015-09-18 01:04:12.000000000 +0300
+++ b/device.c 2016-03-10 03:38:50.078400715 +0300
@@ -1768,6 +1768,8 @@
break;
}
}
+ else
+ cCondWait::SleepMs(10);
}
}
}
I'm not too fond of the idea of introducing an additional, unconditional
wait here. The actual problem should be fixed within the drivers.
However, maybe waiting in case there is only a small number of TS packets
available is acceptable:
--- device.c 2015/09/05 11:42:17 4.2
+++ device.c 2016/03/10 09:34:11
@@ -1768,6 +1768,8 @@
break;
}
}
+ else if (r < MIN_TS_PACKETS_FOR_FRAME_DETECTOR * TS_SIZE)
+ cCondWait::SleepMs(10);
}
}
}
The number MIN_TS_PACKETS_FOR_FRAME_DETECTOR * TS_SIZE is just a random pick
to avoid using a concrete literal number here.
Can you please test if this still solves your problem?
Klaus
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