Re: [PATCH v1] ALSA: memalloc: Fix indefinite hang in non-iommu case

[Karthikeyan Ramasubramanian]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 4:19 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:22:45 +0100,
> Sven van Ashbrook wrote:
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> > On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 9:43 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, then how about the one like below?
> > >
> > > This changes:
> > > - Back to __GFP_NORETRY as default
> > > - Use __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL for SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_NONCONTIG with IOMMU;
> > >   this should cover the commit a61c7d88d38c
> > > - Also use __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL for the SG-fallback allocations of the
> > >   minimal order, just like IOMMU allocator does.
> > >
> > > This should be less destructive, while still allowing more aggressive
> > > allocations for SG buffers.
> >
> > This one looks like it would keep the SOF firmware allocation issue at bay,
> > in both iommu and non-iommu cases.
> >
> > If there is no further discussion in this thread, we'll stress test this
> > on iommu and non-iommu Chromebooks.
>
> The test with my latest patch would be appreciated in anyway.
I am not sure if you are still interested in knowing the test results.
The original indefinite hang issue is not observed with your latest
patchset. This observation applies to both IOMMU and non-IOMMU cases.

Thanks and Regards,
Karthikeyan.

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>
> thanks,
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> Takashi
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