Comment 17 for bug 451893

Hrm... I wonder if maybe the problem has anything to do with the fact that
the cards have hardware mixing and can be opened multiple times?

On Nov 29, 2009 7:05 PM, "Dan McCombs" <email address hidden> wrote:

I can confirm the file handle leak on /dev/snd/timer only happens if I
have the "Analog Surround 5.1 Output" Profile selected instead of
"Analog Stereo Duplex". Three file handles to /dev/snd/timer are left
open each time a sound is played with the 5.1 profile:

overridex@citadel-station:~$ ls -l /proc/$(pgrep pulseaudio)/fd|grep timer |
wc -l
12
overridex@citadel-station:~$ ls -l /proc/$(pgrep pulseaudio)/fd|grep timer |
wc -l
15
overridex@citadel-station:~$ ls -l /proc/$(pgrep pulseaudio)/fd|grep timer |
wc -l
18

This using a Sound Blaster Audigy sound card.

-Dan -- PulseAudio opens too many files, locks up, and fills up root fs
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