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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sched: Improve latencies under load by decreasing minimum
* Mathieu Desnoyers (mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com) wrote:
> * Matthias Dahl (ml_kernel@mortal-soul.de) wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I don't know if this is relevant but I just tried this ontop 2.6.35.4 while
> > investigating a different problem and it was quite easy to produce audio
> > buffer underruns while doing some compile job in the background.
> >
> > To be exact: I had vlc (1.1 git) play back several flac files and was compiling
> > qt 4.7 in the background as a test w/ -j5 on an i7 860 . The result was that w/
> > the decreased granularity it caused noticeable audio buffer underruns while it
> > worked just fine w/ the default granularity (nothing else touched).
> >
> > Just wanted to report this early on and hope it helps.
>
> Hi Matthias,
>
> Thanks for reporting this. I have a few more questions:
>
> Can you provide:
>
> you full kernel .config
>
> The config values of your sound card:
>
> cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
> cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/hw_params
>
> while you play your audio. (could be other than pcm0p, try to get one which is
> not "Closed" while you play) Also providing the dmesg output showing which sound
> card driver you are using might help.
>
> Also the output of:
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
>
> Also, can you try reproducing the problem with different players ? With
> non-git-bleeding-edge vlc versions too ? Can you reproduce this problem while
> using "aplay" (a much simpler player) to play wav files ? (I've got an
> instrumented version hooked on my tracer that traces underruns in here).

Also, do you use pulseaudio, alsa directly, or go through OSS ?

Mathieu

>
> Thanks !
>
> Mathieu
>
> >
> > So long,
> > matthias.
> >
> > PS. Please cc' as I am not subscribed. Thanks a lot.
>
> --
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
> EfficiOS Inc.
> http://www.efficios.com

--
Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com


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