linux_dsm_epyc7002/sound/core
Takashi Sakamoto fccf53881e ALSA: pcm: add 'applptr' event of tracepoint
In design of ALSA PCM core, status and control data for runtime of ALSA
PCM substream are shared between kernel/user spaces by page frame
mapping with read-only attribute. Both of hardware-side and
application-side position on PCM buffer are maintained as a part of
the status data. In a view of ALSA PCM application, these two positions
can be updated by executing ioctl(2) with some commands.

There's an event of tracepoint for hardware-side position; 'hwptr'.
On the other hand, no events for application-side position. This commit
adds a new event for this purpose; 'applptr'. When the application-side
position is changed in kernel space, this event is probed with useful
information for developers.

I note that the event is not probed for all of ALSA PCM applications, When
applications are written by read/write programming scenario, the event is
surely probed. The applications execute ioctl(2) with
SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_[READ|WRITE][N/I]_FRAMES to read/write any PCM frame, then
ALSA PCM core updates the application-side position in kernel land.
However, when applications are written by mmap programming scenario, if
maintaining the application side position in kernel space accurately,
applications should voluntarily execute ioctl(2) with
SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR to commit the number of handled PCM frames. If
not voluntarily, the application-side position is not changed, thus the
added event is not probed.

There's a loophole, using architectures to which ALSA PCM core judges
non cache coherent. In this case, the status and control data is not mapped
into processe's VMA for any applications. Userland library, alsa-lib, is
programmed for this case. It executes ioctl(2) with
SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR command every time to requiring the status and
control data.

ARM is such an architecture. Below is an example with serial sound interface
(ssi) on i.mx6 quad core SoC. I use v4.1 kernel released by fsl-community
with patches from VIA Tech. Inc. for VAB820, and my backport patches for
relevant features for this patchset. I use Ubuntu 17.04 from
ports.ubuntu.com as user land for armhf architecture.

$ aplay -v -M -D hw:imx6vab820sgtl5,0 /dev/urandom -f S16_LE -r 48000 --period-size=128 --buffer-size=256
Playing raw data '/dev/urandom' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
Hardware PCM card 0 'imx6-vab820-sgtl5000' device 0 subdevice 0
Its setup is:
  stream       : PLAYBACK
  access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
  format       : S16_LE
  subformat    : STD
  channels     : 1
  rate         : 48000
  exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
  msbits       : 16
  buffer_size  : 256
  period_size  : 128
  period_time  : 2666
  tstamp_mode  : NONE
  tstamp_type  : MONOTONIC
  period_step  : 1
  avail_min    : 128
  period_event : 0
  start_threshold  : 256
  stop_threshold   : 256
  silence_threshold: 0
  silence_size : 0
  boundary     : 1073741824
  appl_ptr     : 0
  hw_ptr       : 0
mmap_area[0] = 0x76f98000,0,16 (16)

$ trace-cmd record -e snd_pcm:hwptr -e snd_pcm:applptr
$ trace-cmd report
...
60.208495: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1792, curr=1792, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.208633: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1792, curr=1792, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.210022: hwptr:   pcmC0D0p/sub0: IRQ: pos=128, old=1536, base=1536, period=128, buf=256
60.210202: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1792, curr=1792, avail=128, period=128, buf=256
60.210344: hwptr:   pcmC0D0p/sub0: POS: pos=128, old=1664, base=1536, period=128, buf=256
60.210348: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1792, curr=1792, avail=128, period=128, buf=256
60.210486: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1792, curr=1792, avail=128, period=128, buf=256
60.210626: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1792, curr=1920, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.211002: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1920, curr=1920, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.211142: hwptr:   pcmC0D0p/sub0: POS: pos=128, old=1664, base=1536, period=128, buf=256
60.211146: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1920, curr=1920, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.211287: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1920, curr=1920, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.212690: hwptr:   pcmC0D0p/sub0: IRQ: pos=0, old=1664, base=1536, period=128, buf=256
60.212866: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1920, curr=1920, avail=128, period=128, buf=256
60.212999: hwptr:   pcmC0D0p/sub0: POS: pos=0, old=1792, base=1792, period=128, buf=256
60.213003: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1920, curr=1920, avail=128, period=128, buf=256
60.213135: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1920, curr=1920, avail=128, period=128, buf=256
60.213276: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=1920, curr=2048, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.213654: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=2048, curr=2048, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.213796: hwptr:   pcmC0D0p/sub0: POS: pos=0, old=1792, base=1792, period=128, buf=256
60.213800: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=2048, curr=2048, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.213937: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=2048, curr=2048, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
60.215356: hwptr:   pcmC0D0p/sub0: IRQ: pos=128, old=1792, base=1792, period=128, buf=256
60.215542: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=2048, curr=2048, avail=128, period=128, buf=256
60.215679: hwptr:   pcmC0D0p/sub0: POS: pos=128, old=1920, base=1792, period=128, buf=256
60.215683: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=2048, curr=2048, avail=128, period=128, buf=256
60.215813: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=2048, curr=2048, avail=128, period=128, buf=256
60.215947: applptr: pcmC0D0p/sub0: prev=2048, curr=2176, avail=0, period=128, buf=256
...

We can surely see 'applptr' event is probed even if the application run
for mmap programming scenario ('-M' option and 'hw' plugin). Below is a
result of strace:

02:44:15.886382 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.887203 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLOUT|POLLERR|POLLNVAL}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLOUT}])
02:44:15.887471 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.887637 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.887805 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.887969 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.888132 read(3, "..."..., 256) = 256
02:44:15.889040 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.889221 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.889431 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.889606 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLOUT|POLLERR|POLLNVAL}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLOUT}])
02:44:15.889833 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.889998 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.890164 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.891048 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.891228 read(3, "..."..., 256) = 256
02:44:15.891497 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.891661 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.891829 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0
02:44:15.891991 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLOUT|POLLERR|POLLNVAL}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLOUT}])
02:44:15.893007 ioctl(4, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR, 0x56a32b30) = 0

We can see 7 calls of ioctl(2) with SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SYNC_PTR per loop with
call of poll(2). 128 PCM frames are transferred per loop of one poll(2),
because the PCM substream is configured with S16_LE format and 1 channel
(2 byte * 1 * 128 = 256 bytes). This equals to the size of period of PCM
buffer. Comparing to the probed data, one of the 7 calls of ioctl(2) is
actually used to commit the number of copied PCM frames to kernel space.
The other calls are just used to check runtime status of PCM substream;
e.g. XRUN.

The tracepoint event is useful to investigate this case. I note that below
modules are related to the above sample.

 * snd-soc-dummy.ko
 * snd-soc-imx-sgtl5000.ko
 * snd-soc-fsl-ssi.ko
 * snd-soc-imx-pcm-dma.ko
 * snd-soc-sgtl5000.ko

My additional note is lock acquisition. The event is probed under acquiring
PCM stream lock. This means that calculation in the event is free from
any hardware events.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2017-06-12 08:49:23 +02:00
..
oss ALSA: pcm: Build OSS writev/readv helpers conditionally 2017-06-02 19:38:26 +02:00
seq ALSA: seq: Don't break snd_use_lock_sync() loop by timeout 2017-04-13 14:13:25 +02:00
compress_offload.c ALSA: compress: fix some missing and misplaced \n in messages 2016-09-16 19:24:13 +02:00
control_compat.c ALSA: ctl: change return value in compatibility layer so that it's the same value in core implementation 2016-03-17 14:11:36 +01:00
control.c ALSA: control: remove entry limitation for list operation 2017-05-24 10:18:28 +02:00
ctljack.c ALSA: declare snd_kcontrol_new structures as const 2017-05-30 10:29:25 +02:00
device.c Merge branch 'topic/hda-unbind' into for-next 2015-03-16 14:48:20 +01:00
hrtimer.c ktime: Get rid of the union 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
hwdep_compat.c [PATCH] hwdep_compat missed __user annotations 2006-10-10 15:37:21 -07:00
hwdep.c sched/headers: Prepare to move signal wakeup & sigpending methods from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:32 +01:00
info_oss.c ALSA: core: Clean up OSS proc file management 2015-04-24 17:31:08 +02:00
info.c ALSA: info: Use kvzalloc() for a temporary write buffer 2017-05-23 07:04:06 +02:00
init.c ALSA: hda_intel: add card number to irq description 2016-01-12 21:05:16 +01:00
isadma.c ALSA: core: Use standard printk helpers 2014-02-14 08:14:15 +01:00
jack.c ALSA: jack: Allow building the jack layer without input device 2016-02-23 09:03:07 +01:00
Kconfig ALSA: timer: remove legacy rtctimer 2016-04-25 10:41:46 +02:00
Makefile ALSA: pcm: tracepoints for refining PCM parameters 2017-06-07 10:48:56 +02:00
memalloc.c genalloc: rename of_get_named_gen_pool() to of_gen_pool_get() 2015-06-30 19:45:01 -07:00
memory.c ALSA: Include linux/uaccess.h and linux/bitopts.h instead of asm/* 2015-01-28 17:25:07 +01:00
misc.c printk/sound: handle more message headers 2016-12-12 18:55:09 -08:00
pcm_compat.c ALSA: pcm: Remove set_fs() in PCM core code 2017-05-23 07:04:05 +02:00
pcm_dmaengine.c ASoC: dmaengine_pcm: Add support for packed transfers 2016-04-27 17:34:11 +01:00
pcm_drm_eld.c ALSA: pcm: use helper function to refer parameter as read-only 2017-05-17 07:24:39 +02:00
pcm_iec958.c ALSA: pcm: Allow 32 bit sample format in IEC958 channel status helper 2016-04-06 14:33:38 -07:00
pcm_lib.c ALSA: pcm: add 'applptr' event of tracepoint 2017-06-12 08:49:23 +02:00
pcm_local.h ALSA: pcm: unify codes to operate application-side position on PCM buffer 2017-06-12 08:49:22 +02:00
pcm_memory.c ALSA: Include linux/io.h instead of asm/io.h 2015-01-28 16:49:33 +01:00
pcm_misc.c ALSA: pcm: add local header file for snd-pcm module 2017-05-26 08:38:14 +02:00
pcm_native.c ALSA: pcm: unify codes to operate application-side position on PCM buffer 2017-06-12 08:49:22 +02:00
pcm_param_trace.h ALSA: pcm: use friendly name for id of PCM substream in trace print 2017-06-09 16:27:23 +02:00
pcm_timer.c ALSA: pcm: include pcm_local.h and remove some extraneous tabs 2017-05-30 18:04:47 +02:00
pcm_trace.h ALSA: pcm: add 'applptr' event of tracepoint 2017-06-12 08:49:23 +02:00
pcm.c ALSA: pcm: add local header file for snd-pcm module 2017-05-26 08:38:14 +02:00
rawmidi_compat.c ALSA: rawmidi: Fix ioctls X32 ABI 2016-02-28 17:44:51 +01:00
rawmidi.c sched/headers: Prepare to move signal wakeup & sigpending methods from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:32 +01:00
sgbuf.c ALSA: core: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two function calls 2014-11-21 20:06:57 +01:00
sound_oss.c ALSA: replace CONFIG_PROC_FS with CONFIG_SND_PROC_FS 2015-05-27 21:25:19 +02:00
sound.c ALSA: replace CONFIG_PROC_FS with CONFIG_SND_PROC_FS 2015-05-27 21:25:19 +02:00
timer_compat.c ALSA: timer: fix gparams ioctl compatibility for different architectures 2016-03-23 08:06:16 +01:00
timer.c ALSA: timer: Wrap with spinlock for queue access 2017-06-07 10:25:53 +02:00
vmaster.c ALSA: core: Use standard printk helpers 2014-02-14 08:14:15 +01:00