[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH] combine: Keep the timer active in the null mode only when running.

[Tanu Kaskinen]

Previously thread_func() used PA_SINK_IS_OPENED() to check whether
some data should be rendered. process_render_null() used a different
check: it would return immediately if the sink was not in the RUNNING
state. This caused a busy loop when the sink was in the IDLE state,
because process_render_null() didn't update the timestamp, and
thread_func() still kept the timer active using the old timestamp.
pa_rtpoll_run() would return immediately because of the old timestamp.

This is fixed by using the same check in both thread_func() and
process_render_null(). Since the checks are the same, it's actually
redundant to have the check in process_render_null(), so it is now an
assertion.

BugLink: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54779
---
 src/modules/module-combine-sink.c |    8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/module-combine-sink.c b/src/modules/module-combine-sink.c
index dec2279..1afdc12 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-combine-sink.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-combine-sink.c
@@ -257,11 +257,9 @@ static void time_callback(pa_mainloop_api *a, pa_time_event *e, const struct tim
 
 static void process_render_null(struct userdata *u, pa_usec_t now) {
     size_t ate = 0;
-    pa_assert(u);
 
-    /* If we are not running, we cannot produce any data */
-    if (!pa_atomic_load(&u->thread_info.running))
-        return;
+    pa_assert(u);
+    pa_assert(u->sink->thread_info.state == PA_SINK_RUNNING);
 
     if (u->thread_info.in_null_mode)
         u->thread_info.timestamp = now;
@@ -312,7 +310,7 @@ static void thread_func(void *userdata) {
                 pa_sink_process_rewind(u->sink, 0);
 
         /* If no outputs are connected, render some data and drop it immediately. */
-        if (PA_SINK_IS_OPENED(u->sink->thread_info.state) && !u->thread_info.active_outputs) {
+        if (u->sink->thread_info.state == PA_SINK_RUNNING && !u->thread_info.active_outputs) {
             pa_usec_t now;
 
             now = pa_rtclock_now();
-- 
1.7.10.4