5.2.1-RC hangs occasionally when sound files are played using the pcm driver

[Mathew Kanner]

On Feb 23, Brian O'Shea wrote:
> --- Mathew Kanner <mat at cnd.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > 	Hello Brian,
> > 	Don Lewis commited changes to the 5.2- tree on 2/14.  Could
> > you update and try again, also please do run with witness and
> > invariants, and if possible try to get a crashdump so we can see
> > what's happening.
> 
> Sure.  I'll try to reproduce it with witness and invariants first, just
> to avoid changing too many conditions at the same time.  Failing that,
> I'll update to the latest 5.2 tree and see if the problem goes away.

	I think it would be better to go to 5.2.1 and start testing
from there.  I believe that one of the things that Don improved was a
condition where sound could randomnly stomp other areas of the kernel.
	--Mat
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