Hi,
I’m running Ardour 3.5.380 on Ubuntu 14.04. Just a few days ago I created a new session and everything was working just fine. Now every time I try to open that session Ardour crashes with the following message:
*** Error in `/opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/bin/ardour-3.5.380’: corrupted double-linked list: 0x00007f570800e590 ***
Aborted (core dumped)
I’ll post a full back trace in a reply as it’s so long…
Here’s the back trace. Hope someone can help me as I’d really like to salvage that session…:
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Reading symbols from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/bin/ardour-3.5.380...done.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/bin/ardour-3.5.380
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
bnd txt domain [gtk2_ardour3] to /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/share/locale
Ardour3.5.380 (built using 3.5-380-g2f6065b and GCC version 4.4.6)
ardour: [INFO]: Your system is configured to limit Ardour to only 4096 open files
[New Thread 0x7fffe918a700 (LWP 3837)]
ardour: [INFO]: Loading system configuration file /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/etc/ardour_system.rc
Loading user configuration file /home/kbrown/.config/ardour3/ardour.rc
Using SSE optimized routines
[New Thread 0x7fffe8989700 (LWP 3838)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe3fff700 (LWP 3839)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdbfff700 (LWP 3840)]
Cannot xinstall SIGPIPE error handler
ardour: [INFO]: Loading default ui configuration file /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/etc/ardour3_ui_default.conf
Loading user ui configuration file /home/kbrown/.config/ardour3/ardour3_ui.conf
(ardour-3.5.380:3833): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property gtkmm__CustomObject_N9Gtkmm2ext25CellRendererColorSelectorE::color after class was initialised
ardour: [INFO]: Loading ui configuration file /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/etc/ardour3_ui_dark.rc
[New Thread 0x7fffe8135800 (LWP 3841)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe80bb700 (LWP 3842)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe1d51700 (LWP 3843)]
[Thread 0x7fffe1d51700 (LWP 3843) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe80bb700 (LWP 3842) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffe1cd0700 (LWP 3844)]
[New Thread 0x7fffbd3c9700 (LWP 3845)]
[New Thread 0x7fffbcbc8700 (LWP 3846)]
[New Thread 0x7fffb7fff700 (LWP 3847)]
Found 1 along /home/kbrown/.config/ardour3/templates:/opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/share/templates
run dialog
Announcement is:
[Thread 0x7fffe8135800 (LWP 3841) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffbd3c9700 (LWP 3845) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffb7fff700 (LWP 3847) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffe80bb700 (LWP 3848)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe1d51700 (LWP 3849)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd82a4700 (LWP 3850)]
[New Thread 0x7fffb7fff700 (LWP 3851)]
Scanning folders for bundled LV2s: /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/LV2
(ardour-3.5.380:3833): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property gtkmm__CustomObject_N9Gtkmm2ext23CellRendererPixbufMultiE::active after class was initialised
[New Thread 0x7fffbc194700 (LWP 3852)]
[New Thread 0x7fffbc113700 (LWP 3853)]
[New Thread 0x7fffbc092700 (LWP 3854)]
[New Thread 0x7fffa40d2800 (LWP 3855)]
[New Thread 0x7fffbd3c9700 (LWP 3856)]
[Thread 0x7fffbcbc8700 (LWP 3846) exited]
*** Error in `/opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/bin/ardour-3.5.380': double free or corruption (out): 0x00007fff8800b590 ***
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fffbc092700 (LWP 3854)]
_int_malloc (av=0x7fff8c000020, bytes=176) at malloc.c:3489
3489 malloc.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) thread apply all bt
Thread 21 (Thread 0x7fffbd3c9700 (LWP 3856)):
#0 0x00007fffecad6fbd in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
#1 0x00007ffff39b896f in g_poll () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007ffff39a79f1 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x00007ffff39a736f in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0x00007ffff39a77d2 in g_main_loop_run () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5 0x00007ffff5d096af in BaseUI::main_thread (this=0x42d5390) at ../libs/pbd/base_ui.cc:80
#6 0x00007ffff5d0cfbf in sigc::bound_mem_functor0::operator() (this=0x42d5a08)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/functors/mem_fun.h:1787
#7 0x00007ffff5d0ccec in sigc::adaptor_functor<sigc::bound_mem_functor0 >::operator() (this=0x42d5a00)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/adaptors/adaptor_trait.h:251
#8 0x00007ffff5d0c6a3 in sigc::internal::slot_call0<sigc::bound_mem_functor0, void>::call_it (rep=0x42d59d0)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/functors/slot.h:103
#9 0x00007ffff4144542 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1
#10 0x00007ffff39d49e3 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#11 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffbd3c9700) at pthread_create.c:312
#12 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 20 (Thread 0x7fffa40d2800 (LWP 3855)):
#0 0x00007fffecad6fbd in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
#1 0x00007ffff72d5a88 in ARDOUR::Butler::thread_work (this=0x2881d40) at ../libs/ardour/butler.cc:150
#2 0x00007ffff72d5a0d in ARDOUR::Butler::_thread_work (arg=0x2881d40) at ../libs/ardour/butler.cc:134
#3 0x00007ffff5d34106 in fake_thread_start (arg=0x42d51e0) at ../libs/pbd/pthread_utils.cc:85
#4 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffa40d2800) at pthread_create.c:312
#5 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 19 (Thread 0x7fffbc092700 (LWP 3854)):
#0 _int_malloc (av=0x7fff8c000020, bytes=176) at malloc.c:3489
#1 0x00007fffeca6c5f0 in __GI___libc_malloc (bytes=176) at malloc.c:2891
#2 0x00007fffef8059b5 in fftwf_malloc_plain () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#3 0x00007fffef8072ed in fftwf_mkplan () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#4 0x00007fffef8434d9 in fftwf_mkplan_hc2hc () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#5 0x00007fffef846bc9 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#6 0x00007fffef8436e0 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#7 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#8 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#9 0x00007fffef8cefb4 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#10 0x00007fffef8cf12e in fftwf_mkapiplan () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#11 0x00007fffef8d4c6b in fftwf_plan_many_r2r () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#12 0x00007fffef8d4dc9 in fftwf_plan_r2r () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#13 0x00007fffef8d4cdc in fftwf_plan_r2r_1d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#14 0x00007fff9721a641 in calf_plugins::analyzer::set_params(float, float, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int) ()
---Type to continue, or q to quit---
from /usr/lib/lv2/calf.lv2/calf.so
#15 0x00007fff9725875c in calf_plugins::equalizerNband_audio_module::params_changed() ()
from /usr/lib/lv2/calf.lv2/calf.so
#16 0x00007fff9728e067 in calf_plugins::lv2_wrapper<calf_plugins::equalizerNband_audio_module >::cb_run(void*, unsigned int) () from /usr/lib/lv2/calf.lv2/calf.so
#17 0x00007ffff76da3a8 in lilv_instance_run (instance=0x5d1db50, sample_count=128) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/lilv-0/lilv/lilv.h:1639
#18 0x00007ffff76e552b in ARDOUR::LV2Plugin::run (this=0x5cf17d0, nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc:1868
#19 0x00007ffff76e4a93 in ARDOUR::LV2Plugin::connect_and_run (this=0x5cf17d0, bufs=..., in_map=..., out_map=..., nframes=128, offset=0)
at ../libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc:1722
#20 0x00007ffff74e2c9a in ARDOUR::PluginInsert::connect_and_run (this=0x5cf06a0, bufs=..., nframes=128, offset=0, with_auto=false, now=0)
at ../libs/ardour/plugin_insert.cc:399
#21 0x00007ffff74e3453 in ARDOUR::PluginInsert::run (this=0x5cf06a0, bufs=..., nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/plugin_insert.cc:463
#22 0x00007ffff7568510 in ARDOUR::Route::process_output_buffers (this=0x5608f80, bufs=..., start_frame=0, end_frame=128, nframes=128, declick=0,
gain_automation_ok=false) at ../libs/ardour/route.cc:534
#23 0x00007ffff756891e in ARDOUR::Route::passthru_silence (this=0x5608f80, start_frame=0, end_frame=128, nframes=128, declick=0)
at ../libs/ardour/route.cc:580
#24 0x00007ffff76cf8ea in ARDOUR::Track::no_roll (this=0x5608f80, nframes=128, start_frame=0, end_frame=128, session_state_changing=false)
at ../libs/ardour/track.cc:450
#25 0x00007ffff73b1d0d in ARDOUR::Graph::process_one_route (this=0x3701a70, route=0x5608f80) at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:561
#26 0x00007ffff73b5e75 in ARDOUR::GraphNode::process (this=0x56091b8) at ../libs/ardour/graphnode.cc:79
#27 0x00007ffff73b050b in ARDOUR::Graph::run_one (this=0x3701a70) at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:384
#28 0x00007ffff73b068e in ARDOUR::Graph::helper_thread (this=0x3701a70) at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:402
#29 0x00007ffff73b5299 in boost::_mfi::mf0::operator() (this=0x7fffbc091cd8, p=0x3701a70)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/mem_fn_template.hpp:49
#30 0x00007ffff73b4ee6 in boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value >::operator()<boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list0> (
this=0x7fffbc091ce8, f=..., a=...) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp:253
#31 0x00007ffff73b4c2b in boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value > >::operator()
(this=0x7fffbc091cd8) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/bind_template.hpp:20
#32 0x00007ffff73b4849 in boost::detail::function::void_function_obj_invoker0<boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value > >, void>::invoke (function_obj_ptr=...) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:153
#33 0x0000000000cddc63 in boost::function0::operator() (this=0x7fffbc091cd0) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:760
#34 0x00007fffe2d290a9 in ARDOUR::JACKAudioBackend::_start_process_thread (arg=0x2a92ea0) at ../libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc:913
#35 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffbc092700) at pthread_create.c:312
#36 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 18 (Thread 0x7fffbc113700 (LWP 3853)):
#0 0x00007fffef806d04 in fftwf_md5putc () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#1 0x00007fffef8083af in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#2 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#3 0x00007fffef84510c in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#4 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#5 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#6 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
---Type to continue, or q to quit---
#7 0x00007fffef843760 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#8 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#9 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#10 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#11 0x00007fffef846ae8 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#12 0x00007fffef8436e0 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#13 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#14 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#15 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#16 0x00007fffef84bfc7 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#17 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#18 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#19 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#20 0x00007fffef807405 in fftwf_mkplan_f_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#21 0x00007fffef845032 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#22 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#23 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#24 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#25 0x00007fffef843760 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#26 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#27 0x00007fffef808658 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#28 0x00007fffef8cef00 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#29 0x00007fffef8cf12e in fftwf_mkapiplan () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#30 0x00007fffef8d4c6b in fftwf_plan_many_r2r () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#31 0x00007fffef8d4dc9 in fftwf_plan_r2r () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#32 0x00007fffef8d4cdc in fftwf_plan_r2r_1d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#33 0x00007fff9721a641 in calf_plugins::analyzer::set_params(float, float, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int) ()
from /usr/lib/lv2/calf.lv2/calf.so
#34 0x00007fff9725875c in calf_plugins::equalizerNband_audio_module::params_changed() ()
from /usr/lib/lv2/calf.lv2/calf.so
#35 0x00007fff9728e067 in calf_plugins::lv2_wrapper<calf_plugins::equalizerNband_audio_module >::cb_run(void*, unsigned int) () from /usr/lib/lv2/calf.lv2/calf.so
#36 0x00007ffff76da3a8 in lilv_instance_run (instance=0x567a840, sample_count=128) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/lilv-0/lilv/lilv.h:1639
#37 0x00007ffff76e552b in ARDOUR::LV2Plugin::run (this=0x564e4b0, nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc:1868
#38 0x00007ffff76e4a93 in ARDOUR::LV2Plugin::connect_and_run (this=0x564e4b0, bufs=..., in_map=..., out_map=..., nframes=128, offset=0)
at ../libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc:1722
#39 0x00007ffff74e2c9a in ARDOUR::PluginInsert::connect_and_run (this=0x564d390, bufs=..., nframes=128, offset=0, with_auto=false, now=0)
at ../libs/ardour/plugin_insert.cc:399
#40 0x00007ffff74e3453 in ARDOUR::PluginInsert::run (this=0x564d390, bufs=..., nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/plugin_insert.cc:463
#41 0x00007ffff7568510 in ARDOUR::Route::process_output_buffers (this=0x4f653b0, bufs=..., start_frame=0, end_frame=128, nframes=128, declick=0,
gain_automation_ok=false) at ../libs/ardour/route.cc:534
#42 0x00007ffff756891e in ARDOUR::Route::passthru_silence (this=0x4f653b0, start_frame=0, end_frame=128, nframes=128, declick=0)
at ../libs/ardour/route.cc:580
---Type to continue, or q to quit---
#43 0x00007ffff76cf8ea in ARDOUR::Track::no_roll (this=0x4f653b0, nframes=128, start_frame=0, end_frame=128, session_state_changing=false)
at ../libs/ardour/track.cc:450
#44 0x00007ffff73b1d0d in ARDOUR::Graph::process_one_route (this=0x3701a70, route=0x4f653b0) at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:561
#45 0x00007ffff73b5e75 in ARDOUR::GraphNode::process (this=0x4f655e8) at ../libs/ardour/graphnode.cc:79
#46 0x00007ffff73b050b in ARDOUR::Graph::run_one (this=0x3701a70) at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:384
#47 0x00007ffff73b068e in ARDOUR::Graph::helper_thread (this=0x3701a70) at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:402
#48 0x00007ffff73b5299 in boost::_mfi::mf0::operator() (this=0x7fffbc112cd8, p=0x3701a70)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/mem_fn_template.hpp:49
#49 0x00007ffff73b4ee6 in boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value >::operator()<boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list0> (
this=0x7fffbc112ce8, f=..., a=...) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp:253
#50 0x00007ffff73b4c2b in boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value > >::operator()
(this=0x7fffbc112cd8) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/bind_template.hpp:20
#51 0x00007ffff73b4849 in boost::detail::function::void_function_obj_invoker0<boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value > >, void>::invoke (function_obj_ptr=...) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:153
#52 0x0000000000cddc63 in boost::function0::operator() (this=0x7fffbc112cd0) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:760
#53 0x00007fffe2d290a9 in ARDOUR::JACKAudioBackend::_start_process_thread (arg=0x2a92ea0) at ../libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc:913
#54 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffbc113700) at pthread_create.c:312
#55 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 17 (Thread 0x7fffbc194700 (LWP 3852)):
#0 0x00007fffecade85a in mmap64 () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
#1 0x00007fffeca5d163 in __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=1, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7fffecb6ba10 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n")
at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:147
#2 0x00007fffeca694ae in malloc_printerr (ptr=, str=0x7fffecb6bb40 "double free or corruption (out)", action=1) at malloc.c:4996
#3 _int_free (av=, p=, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:3840
#4 0x00007fffef807e53 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#5 0x00007fffef8087ec in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#6 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#7 0x00007fffef843760 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#8 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#9 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#10 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#11 0x00007fffef846ae8 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#12 0x00007fffef8436e0 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#13 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#14 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#15 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#16 0x00007fffef84bfc7 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#17 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#18 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#19 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#20 0x00007fffef807405 in fftwf_mkplan_f_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#21 0x00007fffef845032 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
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#22 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#23 0x00007fffef8085b6 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#24 0x00007fffef80736e in fftwf_mkplan_d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#25 0x00007fffef843760 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#26 0x00007fffef807697 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#27 0x00007fffef808658 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#28 0x00007fffef8cef00 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#29 0x00007fffef8cf12e in fftwf_mkapiplan () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#30 0x00007fffef8d4c6b in fftwf_plan_many_r2r () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#31 0x00007fffef8d4dc9 in fftwf_plan_r2r () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#32 0x00007fffef8d4cdc in fftwf_plan_r2r_1d () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
#33 0x00007fff9721a641 in calf_plugins::analyzer::set_params(float, float, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int) ()
from /usr/lib/lv2/calf.lv2/calf.so
#34 0x00007fff9725875c in calf_plugins::equalizerNband_audio_module::params_changed() ()
from /usr/lib/lv2/calf.lv2/calf.so
#35 0x00007fff9728e067 in calf_plugins::lv2_wrapper<calf_plugins::equalizerNband_audio_module >::cb_run(void*, unsigned int) () from /usr/lib/lv2/calf.lv2/calf.so
#36 0x00007ffff76da3a8 in lilv_instance_run (instance=0x4fd7530, sample_count=128) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/lilv-0/lilv/lilv.h:1639
#37 0x00007ffff76e552b in ARDOUR::LV2Plugin::run (this=0x4fab1c0, nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc:1868
#38 0x00007ffff76e4a93 in ARDOUR::LV2Plugin::connect_and_run (this=0x4fab1c0, bufs=..., in_map=..., out_map=..., nframes=128, offset=0)
at ../libs/ardour/lv2_plugin.cc:1722
#39 0x00007ffff74e2c9a in ARDOUR::PluginInsert::connect_and_run (this=0x4faa0e0, bufs=..., nframes=128, offset=0, with_auto=false, now=0)
at ../libs/ardour/plugin_insert.cc:399
#40 0x00007ffff74e3453 in ARDOUR::PluginInsert::run (this=0x4faa0e0, bufs=..., nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/plugin_insert.cc:463
#41 0x00007ffff7568510 in ARDOUR::Route::process_output_buffers (this=0x4f391b0, bufs=..., start_frame=0, end_frame=128, nframes=128, declick=0,
gain_automation_ok=false) at ../libs/ardour/route.cc:534
#42 0x00007ffff756891e in ARDOUR::Route::passthru_silence (this=0x4f391b0, start_frame=0, end_frame=128, nframes=128, declick=0)
at ../libs/ardour/route.cc:580
#43 0x00007ffff76cf8ea in ARDOUR::Track::no_roll (this=0x4f391b0, nframes=128, start_frame=0, end_frame=128, session_state_changing=false)
at ../libs/ardour/track.cc:450
#44 0x00007ffff73b1d0d in ARDOUR::Graph::process_one_route (this=0x3701a70, route=0x4f391b0) at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:561
#45 0x00007ffff73b5e75 in ARDOUR::GraphNode::process (this=0x4f393e8) at ../libs/ardour/graphnode.cc:79
#46 0x00007ffff73b050b in ARDOUR::Graph::run_one (this=0x3701a70) at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:384
#47 0x00007ffff73b0986 in ARDOUR::Graph::main_thread (this=0x3701a70) at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:440
#48 0x00007ffff73b5299 in boost::_mfi::mf0::operator() (this=0x7fffbc193cd8, p=0x3701a70)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/mem_fn_template.hpp:49
#49 0x00007ffff73b4ee6 in boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value >::operator()<boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list0> (
this=0x7fffbc193ce8, f=..., a=...) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp:253
#50 0x00007ffff73b4c2b in boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value > >::operator()
(this=0x7fffbc193cd8) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/bind_template.hpp:20
#51 0x00007ffff73b4849 in boost::detail::function::void_function_obj_invoker0<boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value > >, void>::invoke (function_obj_ptr=...) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:153
#52 0x0000000000cddc63 in boost::function0::operator() (this=0x7fffbc193cd0) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/function/function_template.hpp:760
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#53 0x00007fffe2d290a9 in ARDOUR::JACKAudioBackend::_start_process_thread (arg=0x2a92ea0) at ../libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc:913
#54 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffbc194700) at pthread_create.c:312
#55 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 16 (Thread 0x7fffb7fff700 (LWP 3851)):
#0 0x00007fffef0d0b9d in nanosleep () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
#1 0x00007ffff39d60b8 in g_usleep () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007ffff726ddbc in ARDOUR::AudioEngine::meter_thread (this=0x1e09ad0) at ../libs/ardour/audioengine.cc:382
#3 0x00007ffff7279f2b in boost::_mfi::mf0::operator() (this=0x2a92440, p=0x1e09ad0)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/mem_fn_template.hpp:49
#4 0x00007ffff7279afa in boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value >::operator()<boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list0> (this=0x2a92450, f=..., a=...) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/bind.hpp:253
#5 0x00007ffff72793d3 in boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value > >::operator() (this=0x2a92440) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/boost/bind/bind_template.hpp:20
#6 0x00007ffff7278bac in sigc::adaptor_functor<boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value > > >::operator() (this=0x2a92440) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/adaptors/adaptor_trait.h:251
#7 0x00007ffff7277ce6 in sigc::internal::slot_call0<boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf0, boost::_bi::list1<boost::_bi::value > >, void>::call_it (rep=0x2a92410) at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/functors/slot.h:103
#8 0x00007ffff4144542 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1
#9 0x00007ffff39d49e3 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#10 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffb7fff700) at pthread_create.c:312
#11 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 15 (Thread 0x7fffd82a4700 (LWP 3850)):
#0 sem_timedwait () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sem_timedwait.S:101
#1 0x00007fffe2ac06cc in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#2 0x00007fffe2aa40f9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#3 0x00007fffe2aa8bc6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#4 0x00007fffe2aa27ba in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#5 0x00007fffe2aa267e in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#6 0x00007fffe2aa029e in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#7 0x00007fffe2a9bdd8 in jack_cycle_wait () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#8 0x00007fffe2d2914e in ARDOUR::JACKAudioBackend::process_thread (this=0x22268c0) at ../libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc:935
#9 0x00007fffe2d290fe in ARDOUR::JACKAudioBackend::_process_thread (arg=0x22268c0) at ../libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc:921
#10 0x00007fffe2aa026b in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#11 0x00007fffe2abf858 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#12 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffd82a4700) at pthread_create.c:312
#13 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 14 (Thread 0x7fffe1d51700 (LWP 3849)):
#0 0x00007fffef0d03bd in read () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
#1 0x00007fffe2ac1cf6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#2 0x00007fffe2ac5287 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
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#3 0x00007fffe2ac4f9c in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#4 0x00007fffe2abf858 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#5 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffe1d51700) at pthread_create.c:312
#6 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 13 (Thread 0x7fffe80bb700 (LWP 3848)):
#0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:185
#1 0x00007fffe2ac0d5a in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#2 0x00007fffe2abcf21 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#3 0x00007fffe2abf858 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
#4 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffe80bb700) at pthread_create.c:312
#5 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 9 (Thread 0x7fffe1cd0700 (LWP 3844)):
#0 0x00007fffecad6fbd in poll () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
#1 0x00007ffff39b896f in g_poll () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007ffff39a79f1 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x00007ffff39a736f in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0x00007ffff39a7468 in g_main_context_iteration () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5 0x00007ffff39a8f6f in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6 0x00007ffff39d49e3 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#7 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffe1cd0700) at pthread_create.c:312
#8 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 5 (Thread 0x7fffdbfff700 (LWP 3840)):
#0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:185
#1 0x00007ffff39f939d in g_cond_wait () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007ffff721c23b in ARDOUR::Analyser::work () at ../libs/ardour/analyser.cc:81
#3 0x00007ffff721bfd1 in analyser_work () at ../libs/ardour/analyser.cc:46
#4 0x0000000001330fd7 in sigc::pointer_functor0::operator()() const ()
#5 0x000000000132e4ea in sigc::adaptor_functor<sigc::pointer_functor0 >::operator()() const ()
#6 0x000000000132ab8d in sigc::internal::slot_call0<sigc::pointer_functor0, void>::call_it (rep=0x1f82d70)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/functors/slot.h:103
#7 0x00007ffff4144542 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1
#8 0x00007ffff39d49e3 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#9 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffdbfff700) at pthread_create.c:312
#10 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 4 (Thread 0x7fffe3fff700 (LWP 3839)):
#0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:185
#1 0x00007ffff39f939d in g_cond_wait () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007ffff76a6495 in peak_thread_work () at ../libs/ardour/source_factory.cc:68
#3 0x0000000001330fd7 in sigc::pointer_functor0::operator()() const ()
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#4 0x000000000132e4ea in sigc::adaptor_functor<sigc::pointer_functor0 >::operator()() const ()
#5 0x000000000132ab8d in sigc::internal::slot_call0<sigc::pointer_functor0, void>::call_it (rep=0x1e04d20)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/functors/slot.h:103
#6 0x00007ffff4144542 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1
#7 0x00007ffff39d49e3 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#8 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffe3fff700) at pthread_create.c:312
#9 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 3 (Thread 0x7fffe8989700 (LWP 3838)):
#0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:185
#1 0x00007ffff39f939d in g_cond_wait () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007ffff76a6495 in peak_thread_work () at ../libs/ardour/source_factory.cc:68
#3 0x0000000001330fd7 in sigc::pointer_functor0::operator()() const ()
#4 0x000000000132e4ea in sigc::adaptor_functor<sigc::pointer_functor0 >::operator()() const ()
#5 0x000000000132ab8d in sigc::internal::slot_call0<sigc::pointer_functor0, void>::call_it (rep=0x1f820f0)
at /home/harrison/a3/inst/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/functors/slot.h:103
#6 0x00007ffff4144542 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1
#7 0x00007ffff39d49e3 in ?? () from /opt/Ardour-3.5.380-dbg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#8 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffe8989700) at pthread_create.c:312
#9 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 2 (Thread 0x7fffe918a700 (LWP 3837)):
#0 0x00007fffecaaad7d in nanosleep () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81
#1 0x00007fffecadc334 in usleep (useconds=) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/usleep.c:32
#2 0x000000000165cef6 in gui_event_loop (ptr=0x0) at ../gtk2_ardour/linux_vst_gui_support.cc:380
#3 0x00007fffef0c9182 in start_thread (arg=0x7fffe918a700) at pthread_create.c:312
#4 0x00007fffecae430d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111
Thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffff7fa5940 (LWP 3833)):
#0 sem_wait () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sem_wait.S:85
#1 0x00007ffff73b1ef4 in PBD::ProcessSemaphore::wait (this=0x3701b60) at /home/harrison/ardour/3.0/libs/pbd/pbd/semutils.h:41
#2 0x00007ffff73b1aba in ARDOUR::Graph::routes_no_roll (this=0x3701a70, nframes=128, start_frame=0, end_frame=128, non_rt_pending=false, declick=0)
at ../libs/ardour/graph.cc:543
#3 0x00007ffff7641bf1 in ARDOUR::Session::no_roll (this=0x287bba0, nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/session_process.cc:120
#4 0x00007ffff7643e43 in ARDOUR::Session::follow_slave (this=0x287bba0, nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/session_process.cc:612
#5 0x00007ffff7642b5e in ARDOUR::Session::process_with_events (this=0x287bba0, nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/session_process.cc:360
#6 0x00007ffff76418aa in ARDOUR::Session::process (this=0x287bba0, nframes=128) at ../libs/ardour/session_process.cc:75
#7 0x00007ffff726de85 in ARDOUR::AudioEngine::set_session (this=0x1e09ad0, s=0x287bba0) at ../libs/ardour/audioengine.cc:404
#8 0x00007ffff75ae181 in ARDOUR::Session::Session (this=0x287bba0, eng=..., fullpath=..., snapshot_name=..., bus_profile=0x0, mix_template=...)
at ../libs/ardour/session.cc:347
#9 0x0000000000cfe747 in ARDOUR_UI::load_session (this=0x1e632c0, path=..., snap_name=..., mix_template=...) at ../gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc:2816
#10 0x0000000000cfe2ae in ARDOUR_UI::get_session_parameters (this=0x1e632c0, quit_on_cancel=false, should_be_new=false, load_template=...)
at ../gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc:2747
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#11 0x0000000000cf3bd9 in ARDOUR_UI::starting (this=0x1e632c0) at ../gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc:828
#12 0x00007ffff60e5599 in Gtkmm2ext::UI::run (this=0x1e632c0, old_receiver=...) at ../libs/gtkmm2ext/gtk_ui.cc:268
#13 0x0000000001119e95 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffd0a8) at ../gtk2_ardour/main.cc:519
(gdb)
Make sure you put this in Mantis as well (See the ‘Bug Tracker’ link at the top of the page. Also attach the ardour.session file as well so that a dev could download and open it and see if it replicates. All that being said, this bears the hallmarks of a crash related to a Calf plugin, specifically an issue that was discovered recently that makes the plugins not thread safe. You can find more information here…
https://community.ardour.org/node/8265
Sadly I don’t know that there is anything Ardour can, or even should, do about this. The only option may be not to use multiple Calf plugins.
SeabladeBy the way, you could test if this is a Calf issue by making a backup of your session file, and then removing the Calf plugins from the XML, and see if the session loads. In this case it looks like it is likely an EQ plugin is my guess.
SeabladeSadly I don't know that there is anything Ardour can, or even should, do about this. The only option may be not to use multiple Calf plugins
Unless ardour is asking a plugin to do something completely nonsensical, or just plain wrong, which seems unlikely, then it should not be doing anything to mitigate against things which amount to design errors in a plugin. It is completely possible to write plugins for ardour which work.
not using multiple calf plugins? ive said on many occasions that the calf plugins are the first choice on my projects, which means i have lots of them. Usually the 12 band eq, an exciter, bass enhancer, the anyliser sometmies the calf compressor though i prefer the invada one.
My most recent track has about 10 tracks and 3 buses with 25 plugins, alot of them calf.
and out of working on this project for a week its crashed maybe 3 times.
If i dont have problems then why are others having problems?
KX Studio 12.04
ardour 3.5.380
calf-plugins-git (regular calf plugins package also has no issues)
this is a perfect example of the threading problem with plugins that use libfftw. The crash is occuring because multiple threads are calling the libfftw planning routines, which are not thread safe. The plugin isn’t doing anything wrong, ardour isn’t doing anything wrong, this is just a problematic situation which we need to find a solution for.
the one thing i will note that is that i am a bit taken aback that the FFTW planning code is being called from a realtime context, but this is presumably a reflection of the parameter handling inside the plugin. on some level this feels quite wrong, but an appropriate design seems tricky (not impossible, just tricky).
Wow. Thanks for the speedy replies guys! I’ll have a look at the xml file and maybe see if I can update my calf plugins to the latest and greatest as I am using them quite a lot.
Been thinking about LinuxDSP’s points in the other thread, I think I have to agree with him. In this case I think it is the plugin’s responsibility to make sure they implement this correctly, even if it means not using that library. You are correct in that normally this isn’t so much of an issue, but that we are getting into a context that is a specialized use of the lib, but the plugin author has to know exactly the context they are writing for and as a result they should be testing and avoiding using such libs. Sadly I don’t know if there is any options out there with comparable functionality etc. that is getting to much into the actual DSP for a math luddite like me:)
Primarily because this problem is going to show up in exceedingly intermittent ways, and depending on the exact set of circumstances might happen quite often, or almost none at all. That is the trick to managing multi-threaded processes, if one thread goes to quick it may throw off another and you get a crash, so you have to schedule everything that happens appropriately, not something always easy to do and may act different in different circumstances.
So in some cases you may luck out, in others not so much. One big difference in A3 is there is a LOT more threaded processing happening than in A2 so this wasn’t as likely to show up in A2.
I will say I personally like the overall vision for the Calf plugins, and even spent some time trying to get them packaged and running on OS X as well with a fair amount of success, but the filter quality of the EQs and a couple of other issues have made me shelve that idea, just not convinced the reward for the time is there, and that there aren’t better options for a good ‘starting’ set of plugins.
SeabladeI think it is the plugin's responsibility to make sure they implement this correctly, even if it means not using that library...
And if you were writing plug-ins for Mac / Windows DAWs then that is the only option you would have (and you would likely know a lot less about how the host was implementing anything ) and yet, apparently, there are quite a lot of plugins for Mac / Windows which seem to work just fine…
Meanwhile, in other news… it turns out that writing plugins is actually much more difficult than most people think… (or in the case of linux, than it should ever have to be…) 
@linuxdsp: Those plugins don’t use a GPL’ed FFT library that consciously chose to eschew implicit locking.
And note: it is impossible for the plugins to do the right thing. They may be sharing the library with the host, but they cannot share the synchronization mechanism with the host. They may be sharing the library with plugins from other developers, but they cannot share the synchronization mechanism with those other plugins.
If this happened on a non-open-source platform, you’d really have no choice but to use a different FFT library.
Those plugins don't use a GPL'ed FFT library that consciously chose to eschew implicit locking.
If this happened on a non-open-source platform, you'd really have no choice but to use a different FFT library.Agreed, and both of those issues are an important aspect of the plugin design (and certainly not something the host application should have to concern itself with..) I had to design my own FFT code, for many, if not all, of the reasons implicated in this discussion - and to avoid any implicit interdependency between e.g. DSP and GUI threads - which is a whole other minefield. - It was never even an option to consider anything different. The downside of engineering such a 'bespoke' solution is that, by its nature, it doesn't perhaps get as much exposure / testing as a general library might, however it can be tailored to some very specific requirements of a plugin, and tends to impose the need to acquire some working technical appreciation of the DSP code required, which is not a bad thing for any plugin developer to do.
Wouldn’t static linking mitigate the problem here? The current git version of Calf takes up over 40MB on amd64. Even a large FFT library like the full version of libfftw3 wouldn’t really be a significant increase in size.
We are going to provide a "hacked" version of libfftw as part of the Ardour binary bundles as one way to address this issue.
This is sensible reading to see the libfftw position on all this stuff: http://www.fftw.org/fftw3_doc/Thread-safety.html
We are going to provide a "hacked" version of libfftw as part of the Ardour binary bundles as one way to address this issue.
Seriously? With the greatest respect, have you taken leave of your senses?? I hope this is only temporary, because unless there is something fundamentally wrong with ardour, it is not ardour’s (or any other host’s) concern to mitigate against problems in third party plug-ins, whether caused by improper use of another library or not - all this will do is mean that some plugins will work with some builds of ardour, and / or some builds of fftw, with absolutely no way of version controlling any of the resulting compatibility mess. Those plugins will still be unreliable in other host applications, or are we to assume that all plugins must be ardour specific (or ardour only? ) The worst part about this horrible hack, is that the nature of the problem is intermittent, and sporadic, so if you do happen to have the wrong mix of voodoo on your system you won’t even know it immediately…
While I can’t really give any input on the dev side of things here, I still managed to get things working by uninstalling the packaged version of calf plugins and pulling, compiling and installing the latest git version instead. All is good for now. Thanks for the help guys!
Yes, the git/absolute latest release of the CALF plugins has removed their use of the FFTW planning code from the realtime threads, which removes the multithreading problem. But the basic problem still remains as a theoretical one.
@linuxdsp: there is no “improper use of another library”. As mentioned upthread, there isn’t anyway for plugins and the host to coordinate their use of a library that doesn’t use implicit locking. Neither the plugins nor the host are doing anything wrong. If you want to host multiple instances of plugins that use such a library, and there is any chance that the host will cause the plugin to run code in multiple threads, then there is no “correct” solution … unless the only correct solution you will admit to is “every plugin developer must avoid libraries X, Y and Z”.
@paul: I completely understand the problem, but as I understand it you are not solving it the right way - if you bundle a hacked library with ardour, then that will work, if you use those plugins with that (binary) build of ardour, but if you build it from source against ‘normal’ fftw, surely there will be a problem, but the user won’t know, until it randomly blows up (and they can’t reload their work).
If you provide the hacked libraries as part of the ardour source, that might go some way to mitigate that issue, but as has happened with the other ardour specific libraries vs system libs, distributions can and will still get this wrong. But, none of that addresses the problem for other DAWs which may or may not be multithreaded and certainly won’t include the custom library, in which case when used in those applications, the plugins will link against the system version of the library and still go wrong (but again, due to the intermitent nature of the problem, the user wouldn’t be aware of it until something disastrous happens).
If you are going to hack the library, surely the ‘correct’ way is to do so in a compatible manner, if possible, and provide those changes back to the library developer? The only other solution is that the plugin developers acknowlegde the library is not fit for this particular purpose (what I meant by ‘improper use of the library’ e.g. using it in a way for which it wasn’t designed) and build their own code - which may actually turn out to be better tailored to their plugin.
unless the only correct solution you will admit to is "every plugin developer must avoid libraries X, Y and Z"...
If those libraries are not threadsafe in a way which will allow the plugin to run in the way required by the host application, and the host application is not demanding something utterly ridiculous of the plugin, then yes that is the correct solution.
There is only one context in which it makes sense to customise ardour vs specific plugin compatibility to that extent, and in the interest of openness and support for diverse third-party plugins generally, I hope that is not the direction in which ardour is heading.
Ardour heads in the direction of making stuff work for users. Sometimes that involves hacks. In this case, the availability of a “correct” version of the CALF plugins (at least, a version that avoids using the FFTW planner in a context that is potentially multithreaded) might be sufficient to avoid us doing what is definitely a grotesque hack. But when grotesque hacks are needed to make stuff work for users, we do them.
I do not agree that plugins are using FFTW “in a way for which it was not designed”.