[Jackit-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] 2.4.20 + lowlat +preempt + alsa + jack = dead computer

Paul Davis paul at linuxaudiosystems.com
Fri Jan 3 18:18:00 UTC 2003


>I browsed the Kernel Source and there is only one mark_inode_dirty in
>pipe_write (in fs/pipe.c). So we know where it is hanging...
>
>And in __mark_inode_dirty (in fs/inode.c) there is one  
>   spin_lock(&inode_lock)
>call, and I guess that is where the whole thing is hanging. So something
>is holding that lock... how do I find out who is doing that? Apparently
>the handling of inode_lock is confined to inode.c. I'll keep reading. 
>
>Maybe the pipe in question is one of the pipes that jack uses for ipc?

seems *damn* likely ... sorry to just be chiming in with a useless comment!



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