Hi All,

Finally we have found the cause of this issue.
The CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT flag was enable in our kernel.

Regards,
Manish

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com>wrote:

>
> No idea. Maybe one of the kernel gurus can enlighten us.
>
> On Feb 4, 4:15 am, gulshan karmani <gulshan.karm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Dave and All,
> >
> >       Our Video Accelerator and Driver is working fine with test
> > application with Android 2.6.25 kernel.
> >
> > While once we bringup userland of Android we see ksoftirqd hogging 100%
> cpu.
> >
> > Is there some Android process which generates too many softirqs which we
> > cannot handle ?
> >
> > Is there some way to check the softirqs in Android ?
> >
> > Rgds,
> > Gulshan
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Manish Sharma <manishsharm...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Dave,
> >
> > > In video driver we are not doing any major processing. It is just any
> > > interface driver to the h/w video codec. It manages the interrupts
> coming
> > > from the h/w. For decoding and display 4 interrupts are coming, 2
> inputs and
> > > 2 outputs. If we are using 25fps stream then 100 interrupts/sec. We
> have
> > > disabled the h/w decoding and enabled only display then the playback is
> bit
> > > improved. We are using tasklet to process the interrupts in video
> driver. We
> > > have observed this is causing the issue. Any pointers?
> >
> > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > Manish
> >
> > >   On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:53 AM, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com
> >wrote:
>  >
> > >> Are you using floating point in your codec?
> >
> > >> On Feb 2, 1:42 am, Manish Sharma <manishsharm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > >> > With software decoder this is not happening. Mostly the issue with
> our
> > >> video
> > >> > driver.
> >
> > >> > Regards,
> > >> > Manish
> > >> > On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Dave Sparks <
> davidspa...@android.com
> > >> >wrote:
> >
> > >> > > Something is obviously generating a lot of softirq's. Does this
> happen
> > >> > > when you use the software codec?
> >
> > >> > > On Jan 29, 11:45 pm, Manish Sharma <manishsharm...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >> > > > Hi All,
> >
> > >> > > > We have replaced the video decoder of PV player with our H/w
> video
> > >> > > decoder
> > >> > > > and  are able to display the video.
> > >> > > > The issue is that the playback pauses in between and progresses
> from
> > >> the
> > >> > > > same place, frequently.
> > >> > > > For display we are using ashmem in android_output_surface.cpp
> file.
> >
> > >> > > > With 'top' we have observed that while the video playback is
> paused
> > >> > > > "ksoftirqd" CPU load goes to very high value.
> > >> > > > Please see below.
> >
> > >> > > > PID CPU% S  #THR     VSS     RSS UID      Name
> > >> > > >   3 165% R     1      0K      0K root     ksoftirqd/0
> > >> > > >  1539  57% S     9  26096K   6688K media
>  /system/bin/mediaserver
> > >> > > >  1559  15% S    29 252988K  21996K system   system_server
> > >> > > >  1596   5% S     8  99288K  16896K app_5
>  android.process.acore
> > >> > > >  1696   5% R     1    900K    372K root     top
> > >> > > >    10   0% S     1      0K      0K root     suspend/0
> > >> > > >    66   0% S     1      0K      0K root     kblockd/0
> > >> > > >    77   0% S     1      0K      0K root     kmmcd
> > >> > > >   110   0% S     1      0K      0K root     pdflush
> > >> > > >   111   0% S     1      0K      0K root     pdflush
> > >> > > >   112   0% S     1      0K      0K root     kswapd0
> > >> > > >     1   0% S     1    260K    172K root     /init
> > >> > > >   741   0% S     1      0K      0K root     mtdblockd
> > >> > > >   804   0% S     1      0K      0K root     rpciod/0
> > >> > > >  1532   0% S     1    724K    316K root     /system/bin/sh
> > >> > > >  1533   0% S     1    796K    248K system
> > >> /system/bin/servicemanager
> > >> > > >  1535   0% S     2   1824K    340K root     /system/bin/mountd
> > >> > > >  1536   0% S     1    652K    252K root
> /system/bin/debuggerd
> > >> > > >  1537   0% S     1  71020K  18668K root     zygote
> > >> > > >  1541   0% S     1   1156K    564K bluetoot
> /system/bin/dbus-daemon
> > >> > > >  1543   0% S     1    788K    292K root     /system/bin/installd
> > >> > > >  1545   0% S     2   1264K    124K root     /sbin/adbd
> > >> > > >  1599   0% S    10  98372K  13944K radio    com.android.phone
> > >> > > >  1618   0% S     6  98728K  11596K app_12   com.android.mms
> > >> > > >  1630   0% S     8  99528K  12152K app_4
>  android.process.media
> > >> > > >  1643   0% S     6  94584K  10912K app_11   android.process.im
> > >> > > >  1650   0% S     7  94496K  12700K app_3    com.android.calendar
> > >> > > >  1661   0% S     6  92156K  11092K app_0
>  com.android.alarmclock
> > >> > > >  1675   0% S     1      0K      0K root     mmcqd
> > >> > > >  1679   0% S     6  98084K  12480K app_13   com.android.music
> > >> > > >  1686   0% S     6 101292K  14196K app_13
> > >> com.android.music:MovieView
> > >> > > >  Please provide if you have any input.
> >
> > >> > > > Thanks and Regards,
> > >> > > > Manish >>
> >
>

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