output/alsa: use a new I/O thread with real-time scheduling

The normal I/O event thread can have a large latency, e.g. when
libgnutls loads all TLS CA certificates for a https connect.  This
makes it unreliable for the ALSA I/O notifications, and causes ring
buffer xruns.  To avoid interfering with high latency events such as
CURL's, we move the ALSA I/O events to a separate I/O thread which
also obtains real-time scheduling (if possible).

Closes #221
This commit is contained in:
Max Kellermann
2018-02-16 22:38:55 +01:00
parent 61f2ce67dd
commit d29d186d62
5 changed files with 33 additions and 5 deletions

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@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ try {
command_init();
for (auto &partition : instance->partitions) {
partition.outputs.Configure(instance->io_thread.GetEventLoop(),
partition.outputs.Configure(instance->rtio_thread.GetEventLoop(),
config.replay_gain,
partition.pc);
partition.UpdateEffectiveReplayGainMode();
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ try {
#endif
instance->io_thread.Start();
instance->rtio_thread.Start();
#ifdef ENABLE_NEIGHBOR_PLUGINS
if (instance->neighbors != nullptr)
@@ -736,6 +737,7 @@ try {
archive_plugin_deinit_all();
#endif
config_global_finish();
instance->rtio_thread.Stop();
instance->io_thread.Stop();
#ifndef ANDROID
SignalHandlersFinish();