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| -rw-r--r-- | sound/pci/intel8x0.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sound/pci/intel8x0.c b/sound/pci/intel8x0.c index 29e312597f2..c3b9bd0e188 100644 --- a/sound/pci/intel8x0.c +++ b/sound/pci/intel8x0.c @@ -1077,6 +1077,13 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t snd_intel8x0_pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *subs } if (civ != igetbyte(chip, ichdev->reg_offset + ICH_REG_OFF_CIV)) continue; + + /* IO read operation is very expensive inside virtual machine + * as it is emulated. The probability that subsequent PICB read + * will return different result is high enough to loop till + * timeout here. + * Same CIV is strict enough condition to be sure that PICB + * is valid inside VM on emulated card. */ if (chip->inside_vm) break; if (ptr1 == igetword(chip, ichdev->reg_offset + ichdev->roff_picb)) |