Subject: Re: audio filter pipeline: is the device softc really needed?
To: None <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de, tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: TAMURA Kent <kent@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/29/2006 13:05:56
> some weeks ago when we had a locking problem in the audio
> filter code I found that the device softc is passed around
> for no good reason. The locking stuff would indeed be much easier
> if a filter pipeline was just a thing of its own, not referring
> to pointers which might be volatile.
> I've done the change in my tree (patch appended), and havn't
> seen any problems for more than 2 months.
> Is this OK to commit?
sys/dev/audiomix.c in kent-audio2 branch refers softc.
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TAMURA Kent <kent_2006 at hauN.org> <kent at NetBSD.org>