[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#552240: libasound2: speed up snd_device_name_hint by caching path to libasound.so

[John Lindgren]

Package: libasound2
Version: 1.0.21a-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

In a call to snd_device_name_hint, snd_dlopen is frequently called with
the parameter name == NULL, meaning to open libasound.so itself.  In
this case, snd_dlopen calls dladdr on every call to find out the path to
libasound.so.  I am attaching a simple patch to cache this path within
snd_dlopen so that dladdr is called only once; with this patch, the
execution time of snd_device_name_hint (a somewhat slow call) is reduced
by 40%.

Peace,
John Lindgren


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Debian Release: squeeze/sid
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Architecture: i386 (i686)

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Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.9-25     GNU C Library: Shared libraries

libasound2 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libasound2 suggests:
ii  libasound2-plugins            1.0.21-1   ALSA library additional plugins

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