[linux-audio-dev] Performance problems caused by dlopen()

I have some wierd performance problems in my convolution software. The programs does this: 1. read configuration file 2. load some modules with dlopen() and run some init code in them 3. fork a convolution process which starts convolving as fast as it can. 4. provide I/O through shared memory to the convolution process Although I have disabled the use of the dlopen()'d modules (for debugging this problem), running the init code in the beginning causes the convolution loop to take 109ms instead of 62ms. Even if I close all dlopen()'d modules after fork in the convolution process, it still runs at 109ms. However, if I replace the init code in the modules (which just initialises some data structures and read some configuration) with just a return statement, or load only two modules instead of three, the filter loop starts running at 62ms again. Of course it is hard to debug with only this scarce information, however, if anyone know about general performance problems caused by loading dynamic stuff into the software with dlopen(), and how they should be avoided, I'd be glad to know. Oh, I use a 2.4.17 kernel, low-latency patched. /Anders Torger