[PATCH] Re: [mythtv] Another strange frontend hang

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Kenneth Aafløy <ke-aa at frisurf.no> writes:

> There's something wrong with the AudioOutputOss class, others have posted 
> similar backtraces. One 'problem' I can see right off is that it's restarting 
> the whole thread (possible missing something?), instead of just 
> reinitializing the card/class.

I took a look at this and there appears to be a race condition in the
KillAudio method which I happen to be hitting.  The enclosed patch
seems to close that window (or at least reduce it enough) so that I
don't see the problem anymore....  At least my test case is no longer
mis-behaving (I had a test-case that produced the hang 100% until I
applied this patch).

I still see the "Audio has changed" messages but it doesn't seem to
hang anymore.  We'll see if I can reproduce it again later.

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> Kenneth

-derek

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