Just an observation. That code from vdr.c that calls GetDeviceForTransponder() (for example, when a VPS timer is about to start) can only interrupt tasks with priority < LIVEPRIORITY anyway. It looks like disabling priority checking can't do much harm here. Is that what you originally meant?
BTW. Device bonding itself is a nice VDR feature. Unfortunately I can't test it (with 3+ devices) :(
On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 01:38:51PM +0100, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
On 22.12.2016 16:07, glenvt18 wrote:
I understand. But this code looks confusing (at least). And, just to draw your attention, there is no priority checking here unless MaySwitchTransponder() returns true on the second call (which would be really ugly). Thus, for example, this code (vdr.c:1109)
if (NeedsTransponder || InVpsMargin) { // Find a device that provides the required transponder: cDevice *Device = cDevice::GetDeviceForTransponder(Timer->Channel(), MINPRIORITY); if (!Device && InVpsMargin) Device = cDevice::GetDeviceForTransponder(Timer->Channel(), LIVEPRIORITY); // Switch the device to the transponder: if (Device) { ...has no sense.
I totally agree! And I have nothing to counter the logic in your arguments.
However, before I revert the change that was introduced in version 1.7.29, I would need somebody with a setup that contains "bonded" devices to test whether recordings still work properly with the second call to d->MaySwitchTransponder(Channel) removed.
Is anybody actually using "device bonding" (or "LNB-sharing", as it was named when this was still a patch)? Personally I never liked this and I still believe that it makes things unnecessarily complex and should be removed again...
Klaus
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 02:56:10PM +0100, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
On 26.05.2016 17:58, glenvt18 wrote:
d->MaySwitchTransponder(Channel) is always false here
Please review, Sergey Chernyavskiy.
device.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/device.c b/device.c index 18867cd..542d120 100644 --- a/device.c +++ b/device.c @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ cDevice *cDevice::GetDeviceForTransponder(const cChannel *Channel, int Priority) if (d->ProvidesTransponder(Channel)) { if (d->MaySwitchTransponder(Channel)) Device = d; // this device may switch to the transponder without disturbing any receiver or live view
else if (!d->Occupied() && d->MaySwitchTransponder(Channel)) { // MaySwitchTransponder() implicitly calls Occupied()
else if (!d->Occupied()) { // MaySwitchTransponder() implicitly calls Occupied() if (d->Priority() < Priority && (!Device || d->Priority() < Device->Priority())) Device = d; // use this one only if no other with less impact can be found }This was introduced in version 1.7.29:
--- device.c 2012/06/09 14:37:24 2.61 +++ device.c 2012/06/10 13:13:18 2.62 @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ if (d->ProvidesTransponder(Channel)) { if (d->MaySwitchTransponder(Channel)) Device = d; // this device may switch to the transponder without disturbing any receiver or live view
else if (!d->Occupied()) {
else if (!d->Occupied() && d->MaySwitchTransponder(Channel)) { // MaySwitchTransponder() implicitly calls Occupied() if (d->Priority() < Priority && (!Device || d->Priority() < Device->Priority())) Device = d; // use this one only if no other with less impact can be found }with the change comment "Fixed handling recording with more than two bonded devices".
While I tend to agree with you in that d->MaySwitchTransponder(Channel) is always false here, this must at least have fixed the problem at hand back then (it was the only file that has been modified for this fix). I'm therefore hesitant to remove this call and risk breaking something...
Klaus
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