Additional 'emergency exit' in case channel switching doesn't work several times in a row

HISTORY

@@ -534,7 +534,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - No longer getting stuck when a channel doesn't sync while switching
   with the 'Up' and 'Down' keys.
 
-2001-06-27: Version 0.84
+2001-07-12: Version 0.84
 
 - Fixed video packet scanning to make it recognize the whole range of
   allowed video packet ids.
+- Added an additional "emergency exit" in case channel switching doesn't
+  work several times in a row (when will the driver finally become stable
+  enough to allow rock solid channel switching??).

dvbapi.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.81 2001/06/27 08:32:32 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.82 2001/06/27 11:34:17 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbapi.h"
@@ -2222,6 +2222,8 @@ bool cDvbApi::SetChannel(int ChannelNumber, int FrequencyMHz, char Polarization,
 
   if (!ChannelSynced) {
      esyslog(LOG_ERR, "ERROR: channel %d not sync'ed!", ChannelNumber);
+     if (this == PrimaryDvbApi)
+        cThread::RaisePanic();
      return false;
      }
 

thread.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.c 1.8 2001/05/25 09:37:00 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.c 1.9 2001/06/27 11:34:41 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "thread.h"
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ void cMutex::Unlock(void)
 // The signal handler is necessary to be able to use SIGIO to wake up any
 // pending 'select()' call.
 
+time_t cThread::lastPanic = 0;
+int cThread::panicLevel = 0;
 bool cThread::signalHandlerInstalled = false;
 bool cThread::emergencyExitRequested = false;
 
@@ -139,6 +141,25 @@ void cThread::WakeUp(void)
   kill(parentPid, SIGIO); // makes any waiting 'select()' call return immediately
 }
 
+#define MAXPANICLEVEL 10
+
+void cThread::RaisePanic(void)
+{
+  if (lastPanic > 0) {
+     if (time(NULL) - lastPanic < 5)
+        panicLevel++;
+     else if (panicLevel > 0)
+        panicLevel--;
+     }
+  lastPanic = time(NULL);
+  if (panicLevel > MAXPANICLEVEL) {
+     esyslog(LOG_ERR, "ERROR: max. panic level exceeded");
+     EmergencyExit(true);
+     }
+  else
+     dsyslog(LOG_INFO, "panic level: %d", panicLevel);
+}
+
 bool cThread::EmergencyExit(bool Request)
 {
   if (!Request)

thread.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.h 1.5 2001/05/25 09:36:27 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.h 1.6 2001/06/27 11:22:04 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __THREAD_H
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ private:
   pid_t parentPid, threadPid, lockingPid;
   int locked;
   bool running;
+  static time_t lastPanic;
+  static int panicLevel;
   static bool emergencyExitRequested;
   static bool signalHandlerInstalled;
   static void SignalHandler(int signum);
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ public:
   virtual ~cThread();
   bool Start(void);
   bool Active(void);
+  static void RaisePanic(void);
   static bool EmergencyExit(bool Request = false);
   };