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+/*
+ * $Id: pa_linux_alsa.c 1105 2006-08-31 05:52:57Z aknudsen $
+ * PortAudio Portable Real-Time Audio Library
+ * Latest Version at: http://www.portaudio.com
+ * ALSA implementation by Joshua Haberman and Arve Knudsen
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 Joshua Haberman <joshua@haberman.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Arve Knudsen <aknuds-1@broadpark.no>
+ *
+ * Based on the Open Source API proposed by Ross Bencina
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2002 Ross Bencina, Phil Burk
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files
+ * (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
+ * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
+ * publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR
+ * ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
+ * CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+ * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * The text above constitutes the entire PortAudio license; however, 
+ * the PortAudio community also makes the following non-binding requests:
+ *
+ * Any person wishing to distribute modifications to the Software is
+ * requested to send the modifications to the original developer so that
+ * they can be incorporated into the canonical version. It is also 
+ * requested that these non-binding requests be included along with the 
+ * license above.
+ */
+
+/**
+ @file
+ @ingroup hostapi_src
+*/
+
+#define ALSA_PCM_NEW_HW_PARAMS_API
+#define ALSA_PCM_NEW_SW_PARAMS_API
+#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
+#undef ALSA_PCM_NEW_HW_PARAMS_API
+#undef ALSA_PCM_NEW_SW_PARAMS_API
+
+#include <sys/poll.h>
+#include <string.h> /* strlen() */
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <signal.h> /* For sig_atomic_t */
+
+#include "portaudio.h"
+#include "pa_util.h"
+#include "pa_unix_util.h"
+#include "pa_allocation.h"
+#include "pa_hostapi.h"
+#include "pa_stream.h"
+#include "pa_cpuload.h"
+#include "pa_process.h"
+
+#include "pa_linux_alsa.h"
+
+/* Check return value of ALSA function, and map it to PaError */
+#define ENSURE_(expr, code) \
+    do { \
+        if( UNLIKELY( (aErr_ = (expr)) < 0 ) ) \
+        { \
+            /* PaUtil_SetLastHostErrorInfo should only be used in the main thread */ \
+            if( (code) == paUnanticipatedHostError && pthread_equal( pthread_self(), paUnixMainThread) ) \
+            { \
+                PaUtil_SetLastHostErrorInfo( paALSA, aErr_, snd_strerror( aErr_ ) ); \
+            } \
+            PaUtil_DebugPrint( "Expression '" #expr "' failed in '" __FILE__ "', line: " STRINGIZE( __LINE__ ) "\n" ); \
+            if( (code) == paUnanticipatedHostError ) \
+                PA_DEBUG(( "Host error description: %s\n", snd_strerror( aErr_ ) )); \
+            result = (code); \
+            goto error; \
+        } \
+    } while( 0 );
+
+#define ASSERT_CALL_(expr, success) \
+    aErr_ = (expr); \
+    assert( success == aErr_ );
+
+static int aErr_;               /* Used with ENSURE_ */
+
+typedef enum
+{
+    StreamDirection_In,
+    StreamDirection_Out
+} StreamDirection;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    PaSampleFormat hostSampleFormat;
+    unsigned long framesPerBuffer;
+    int numUserChannels, numHostChannels;
+    int userInterleaved, hostInterleaved;
+
+    snd_pcm_t *pcm;
+    snd_pcm_uframes_t bufferSize;
+    snd_pcm_format_t nativeFormat;
+    unsigned int nfds;
+    int ready;  /* Marked ready from poll */
+    void **userBuffers;
+    snd_pcm_uframes_t offset;
+    StreamDirection streamDir;
+
+    snd_pcm_channel_area_t *channelAreas;  /* Needed for channel adaption */
+} PaAlsaStreamComponent;
+
+/* Implementation specific stream structure */
+typedef struct PaAlsaStream
+{
+    PaUtilStreamRepresentation streamRepresentation;
+    PaUtilCpuLoadMeasurer cpuLoadMeasurer;
+    PaUtilBufferProcessor bufferProcessor;
+    PaUnixThread thread;
+
+    unsigned long framesPerUserBuffer, maxFramesPerHostBuffer;
+
+    int primeBuffers;
+    int callbackMode;              /* bool: are we running in callback mode? */
+    int pcmsSynced;	            /* Have we successfully synced pcms */
+
+    /* the callback thread uses these to poll the sound device(s), waiting
+     * for data to be ready/available */
+    struct pollfd* pfds;
+    int pollTimeout;
+
+    /* Used in communication between threads */
+    volatile sig_atomic_t callback_finished; /* bool: are we in the "callback finished" state? */
+    volatile sig_atomic_t callbackAbort;    /* Drop frames? */
+    volatile sig_atomic_t isActive;         /* Is stream in active state? (Between StartStream and StopStream || !paContinue) */
+    PaUnixMutex stateMtx;                   /* Used to synchronize access to stream state */
+
+    int neverDropInput;
+
+    PaTime underrun;
+    PaTime overrun;
+
+    PaAlsaStreamComponent capture, playback;
+}
+PaAlsaStream;
+
+/* PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation - host api datastructure specific to this implementation */
+
+typedef struct PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation
+{
+    PaUtilHostApiRepresentation baseHostApiRep;
+    PaUtilStreamInterface callbackStreamInterface;
+    PaUtilStreamInterface blockingStreamInterface;
+
+    PaUtilAllocationGroup *allocations;
+
+    PaHostApiIndex hostApiIndex;
+}
+PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation;
+
+typedef struct PaAlsaDeviceInfo
+{
+    PaDeviceInfo baseDeviceInfo;
+    char *alsaName;
+    int isPlug;
+    int minInputChannels;
+    int minOutputChannels;
+}
+PaAlsaDeviceInfo;
+
+/* prototypes for functions declared in this file */
+
+static void Terminate( struct PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi );
+static PaError IsFormatSupported( struct PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi,
+                                  const PaStreamParameters *inputParameters,
+                                  const PaStreamParameters *outputParameters,
+                                  double sampleRate );
+static PaError OpenStream( struct PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi,
+                           PaStream** s,
+                           const PaStreamParameters *inputParameters,
+                           const PaStreamParameters *outputParameters,
+                           double sampleRate,
+                           unsigned long framesPerBuffer,
+                           PaStreamFlags streamFlags,
+                           PaStreamCallback *callback,
+                           void *userData );
+static PaError CloseStream( PaStream* stream );
+static PaError StartStream( PaStream *stream );
+static PaError StopStream( PaStream *stream );
+static PaError AbortStream( PaStream *stream );
+static PaError IsStreamStopped( PaStream *s );
+static PaError IsStreamActive( PaStream *stream );
+static PaTime GetStreamTime( PaStream *stream );
+static double GetStreamCpuLoad( PaStream* stream );
+static PaError BuildDeviceList( PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation *hostApi );
+static int SetApproximateSampleRate( snd_pcm_t *pcm, snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hwParams, double sampleRate );
+static int GetExactSampleRate( snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hwParams, double *sampleRate );
+
+/* Callback prototypes */
+static void *CallbackThreadFunc( void *userData );
+
+/* Blocking prototypes */
+static signed long GetStreamReadAvailable( PaStream* s );
+static signed long GetStreamWriteAvailable( PaStream* s );
+static PaError ReadStream( PaStream* stream, void *buffer, unsigned long frames );
+static PaError WriteStream( PaStream* stream, const void *buffer, unsigned long frames );
+
+
+static const PaAlsaDeviceInfo *GetDeviceInfo( const PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi, int device )
+{
+    return (const PaAlsaDeviceInfo *)hostApi->deviceInfos[device];
+}
+
+static void AlsaErrorHandler(const char *file, int line, const char *function, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+}
+
+PaError PaAlsa_Initialize( PaUtilHostApiRepresentation **hostApi, PaHostApiIndex hostApiIndex )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation *alsaHostApi = NULL;
+
+    PA_UNLESS( alsaHostApi = (PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation*) PaUtil_AllocateMemory(
+                sizeof(PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation) ), paInsufficientMemory );
+    PA_UNLESS( alsaHostApi->allocations = PaUtil_CreateAllocationGroup(), paInsufficientMemory );
+    alsaHostApi->hostApiIndex = hostApiIndex;
+
+    *hostApi = (PaUtilHostApiRepresentation*)alsaHostApi;
+    (*hostApi)->info.structVersion = 1;
+    (*hostApi)->info.type = paALSA;
+    (*hostApi)->info.name = "ALSA";
+
+    (*hostApi)->Terminate = Terminate;
+    (*hostApi)->OpenStream = OpenStream;
+    (*hostApi)->IsFormatSupported = IsFormatSupported;
+
+    ENSURE_( snd_lib_error_set_handler(AlsaErrorHandler), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    PA_ENSURE( BuildDeviceList( alsaHostApi ) );
+
+    PaUtil_InitializeStreamInterface( &alsaHostApi->callbackStreamInterface,
+                                      CloseStream, StartStream,
+                                      StopStream, AbortStream,
+                                      IsStreamStopped, IsStreamActive,
+                                      GetStreamTime, GetStreamCpuLoad,
+                                      PaUtil_DummyRead, PaUtil_DummyWrite,
+                                      PaUtil_DummyGetReadAvailable,
+                                      PaUtil_DummyGetWriteAvailable );
+
+    PaUtil_InitializeStreamInterface( &alsaHostApi->blockingStreamInterface,
+                                      CloseStream, StartStream,
+                                      StopStream, AbortStream,
+                                      IsStreamStopped, IsStreamActive,
+                                      GetStreamTime, PaUtil_DummyGetCpuLoad,
+                                      ReadStream, WriteStream,
+                                      GetStreamReadAvailable,
+                                      GetStreamWriteAvailable );
+
+    PA_ENSURE( PaUnixThreading_Initialize() );
+
+    return result;
+
+error:
+    if( alsaHostApi )
+    {
+        if( alsaHostApi->allocations )
+        {
+            PaUtil_FreeAllAllocations( alsaHostApi->allocations );
+            PaUtil_DestroyAllocationGroup( alsaHostApi->allocations );
+        }
+
+        PaUtil_FreeMemory( alsaHostApi );
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+static void Terminate( struct PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi )
+{
+    PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation *alsaHostApi = (PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation*)hostApi;
+
+    assert( hostApi );
+
+    if( alsaHostApi->allocations )
+    {
+        PaUtil_FreeAllAllocations( alsaHostApi->allocations );
+        PaUtil_DestroyAllocationGroup( alsaHostApi->allocations );
+    }
+
+    PaUtil_FreeMemory( alsaHostApi );
+    snd_config_update_free_global();
+}
+
+/** Determine max channels and default latencies.
+ *
+ * This function provides functionality to grope an opened (might be opened for capture or playback) pcm device for 
+ * traits like max channels, suitable default latencies and default sample rate. Upon error, max channels is set to zero,
+ * and a suitable result returned. The device is closed before returning.
+ */
+static PaError GropeDevice( snd_pcm_t* pcm, int isPlug, StreamDirection mode, int openBlocking,
+        PaAlsaDeviceInfo* devInfo, int* canMmap )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hwParams;
+    snd_pcm_uframes_t lowLatency = 512, highLatency = 2048;
+    unsigned int minChans, maxChans;
+    int* minChannels, * maxChannels;
+    double * defaultLowLatency, * defaultHighLatency, * defaultSampleRate =
+        &devInfo->baseDeviceInfo.defaultSampleRate;
+    double defaultSr = *defaultSampleRate;
+
+    assert( pcm );
+
+    if( StreamDirection_In == mode )
+    {
+        minChannels = &devInfo->minInputChannels;
+        maxChannels = &devInfo->baseDeviceInfo.maxInputChannels;
+        defaultLowLatency = &devInfo->baseDeviceInfo.defaultLowInputLatency;
+        defaultHighLatency = &devInfo->baseDeviceInfo.defaultHighInputLatency;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        minChannels = &devInfo->minOutputChannels;
+        maxChannels = &devInfo->baseDeviceInfo.maxOutputChannels;
+        defaultLowLatency = &devInfo->baseDeviceInfo.defaultLowOutputLatency;
+        defaultHighLatency = &devInfo->baseDeviceInfo.defaultHighOutputLatency;
+    }
+
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_nonblock( pcm, 0 ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca( &hwParams );
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_any( pcm, hwParams );
+
+    *canMmap = snd_pcm_hw_params_test_access( pcm, hwParams, SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_INTERLEAVED ) >= 0 ||
+            snd_pcm_hw_params_test_access( pcm, hwParams, SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_NONINTERLEAVED ) >= 0;
+
+    if( defaultSr >= 0 )
+    {
+        /* Could be that the device opened in one mode supports samplerates that the other mode wont have,
+         * so try again .. */
+        if( SetApproximateSampleRate( pcm, hwParams, defaultSr ) < 0 )
+        {
+            defaultSr = -1.;
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Original default samplerate failed, trying again ..\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    if( defaultSr < 0. )           /* Default sample rate not set */
+    {
+        unsigned int sampleRate = 44100;        /* Will contain approximate rate returned by alsa-lib */
+        if( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near( pcm, hwParams, &sampleRate, NULL ) < 0)
+        {
+            result = paUnanticipatedHostError;
+            goto error;
+        }
+        ENSURE_( GetExactSampleRate( hwParams, &defaultSr ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    }
+    
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_channels_min( hwParams, &minChans ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_channels_max( hwParams, &maxChans ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    assert( maxChans <= INT_MAX );
+    assert( maxChans > 0 );    /* Weird linking issue could cause wrong version of ALSA symbols to be called,
+                                   resulting in zeroed values */
+
+    /* XXX: Limit to sensible number (ALSA plugins accept a crazy amount of channels)? */
+    if( isPlug && maxChans > 128 )
+    {
+        maxChans = 128;
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Limiting number of plugin channels to %u\n", __FUNCTION__, maxChans ));
+    }
+
+    /* TWEAKME:
+     *
+     * Giving values for default min and max latency is not
+     * straightforward.  Here are our objectives:
+     *
+     *         * for low latency, we want to give the lowest value
+     *         that will work reliably.  This varies based on the
+     *         sound card, kernel, CPU, etc.  I think it is better
+     *         to give sub-optimal latency than to give a number
+     *         too low and cause dropouts.  My conservative
+     *         estimate at this point is to base it on 4096-sample
+     *         latency at 44.1 kHz, which gives a latency of 23ms.
+     *         * for high latency we want to give a large enough
+     *         value that dropouts are basically impossible.  This
+     *         doesn't really require as much tweaking, since
+     *         providing too large a number will just cause us to
+     *         select the nearest setting that will work at stream
+     *         config time.
+     */
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near( pcm, hwParams, &lowLatency ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    /* Have to reset hwParams, to set new buffer size */
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_any( pcm, hwParams ), paUnanticipatedHostError ); 
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near( pcm, hwParams, &highLatency ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    *minChannels = (int)minChans;
+    *maxChannels = (int)maxChans;
+    *defaultSampleRate = defaultSr;
+    *defaultLowLatency = (double) lowLatency / *defaultSampleRate;
+    *defaultHighLatency = (double) highLatency / *defaultSampleRate;
+
+end:
+    snd_pcm_close( pcm );
+    return result;
+
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+/* Initialize device info with invalid values (maxInputChannels and maxOutputChannels are set to zero since these indicate
+ * wether input/output is available) */
+static void InitializeDeviceInfo( PaDeviceInfo *deviceInfo )
+{
+    deviceInfo->structVersion = -1;
+    deviceInfo->name = NULL;
+    deviceInfo->hostApi = -1;
+    deviceInfo->maxInputChannels = 0;
+    deviceInfo->maxOutputChannels = 0;
+    deviceInfo->defaultLowInputLatency = -1.;
+    deviceInfo->defaultLowOutputLatency = -1.;
+    deviceInfo->defaultHighInputLatency = -1.;
+    deviceInfo->defaultHighOutputLatency = -1.;
+    deviceInfo->defaultSampleRate = -1.;
+}
+
+/* Helper struct */
+typedef struct
+{
+    char *alsaName;
+    char *name;
+    int isPlug;
+    int hasPlayback;
+    int hasCapture;
+} DeviceNames;
+
+static PaError PaAlsa_StrDup( PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation *alsaApi,
+        char **dst,
+        const char *src)
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    int len = strlen( src ) + 1;
+
+    /* PA_DEBUG(("PaStrDup %s %d\n", src, len)); */
+
+    PA_UNLESS( *dst = (char *)PaUtil_GroupAllocateMemory( alsaApi->allocations, len ),
+            paInsufficientMemory );
+    strncpy( *dst, src, len );
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* Disregard some standard plugins
+ */
+static int IgnorePlugin( const char *pluginId )
+{
+    /* XXX: dmix and default ignored because after opening and closing, they seem to keep hogging resources.
+     */
+    static const char *ignoredPlugins[] = {"hw", "plughw", "plug", "dsnoop", "tee",
+        "file", "null", "shm", "cards", "dmix", "default", NULL};
+    int i = 0;
+    while( ignoredPlugins[i] )
+    {
+        if( !strcmp( pluginId, ignoredPlugins[i] ) )
+        {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        ++i;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* Build PaDeviceInfo list, ignore devices for which we cannot determine capabilities (possibly busy, sigh) */
+static PaError BuildDeviceList( PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation *alsaApi )
+{
+    PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *baseApi = &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep;
+    PaAlsaDeviceInfo *deviceInfoArray;
+    int cardIdx = -1, devIdx = 0;
+    snd_ctl_card_info_t *cardInfo;
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    size_t numDeviceNames = 0, maxDeviceNames = 1, i;
+    DeviceNames *deviceNames = NULL;
+    snd_config_t *topNode = NULL;
+    snd_pcm_info_t *pcmInfo;
+    int res;
+    int blocking = SND_PCM_NONBLOCK;
+    char alsaCardName[50];
+    if( getenv( "PA_ALSA_INITIALIZE_BLOCK" ) && atoi( getenv( "PA_ALSA_INITIALIZE_BLOCK" ) ) )
+        blocking = 0;
+
+    /* These two will be set to the first working input and output device, respectively */
+    baseApi->info.defaultInputDevice = paNoDevice;
+    baseApi->info.defaultOutputDevice = paNoDevice;
+
+    /* count the devices by enumerating all the card numbers */
+
+    /* snd_card_next() modifies the integer passed to it to be:
+     *      the index of the first card if the parameter is -1
+     *      the index of the next card if the parameter is the index of a card
+     *      -1 if there are no more cards
+     *
+     * The function itself returns 0 if it succeeded. */
+    cardIdx = -1;
+    snd_ctl_card_info_alloca( &cardInfo );
+    snd_pcm_info_alloca( &pcmInfo );
+    while( snd_card_next( &cardIdx ) == 0 && cardIdx >= 0 )
+    {
+        char *cardName;
+        int devIdx = -1;
+        snd_ctl_t *ctl;
+        char buf[50];
+
+        snprintf( alsaCardName, sizeof (alsaCardName), "hw:%d", cardIdx );
+
+        /* Acquire name of card */
+        if( snd_ctl_open( &ctl, alsaCardName, 0 ) < 0 )
+        {
+            /* Unable to open card :( */
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Unable to open device %s\n", __FUNCTION__, alsaCardName ));
+            continue;
+        }
+        snd_ctl_card_info( ctl, cardInfo );
+
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsa_StrDup( alsaApi, &cardName, snd_ctl_card_info_get_name( cardInfo )) );
+
+        while( snd_ctl_pcm_next_device( ctl, &devIdx ) == 0 && devIdx >= 0 )
+        {
+            char *alsaDeviceName, *deviceName;
+            size_t len;
+            int hasPlayback = 0, hasCapture = 0;
+            snprintf( buf, sizeof (buf), "%s:%d,%d", "hw", cardIdx, devIdx );
+
+            /* Obtain info about this particular device */
+            snd_pcm_info_set_device( pcmInfo, devIdx );
+            snd_pcm_info_set_subdevice( pcmInfo, 0 );
+            snd_pcm_info_set_stream( pcmInfo, SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE );
+            if( snd_ctl_pcm_info( ctl, pcmInfo ) >= 0 )
+            {
+                hasCapture = 1;
+            }
+            
+            snd_pcm_info_set_stream( pcmInfo, SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK );
+            if( snd_ctl_pcm_info( ctl, pcmInfo ) >= 0 )
+            {
+                hasPlayback = 1;
+            }
+
+            if( !hasPlayback && !hasCapture )
+            {
+                continue;   /* Error */
+            }
+
+            /* The length of the string written by snprintf plus terminating 0 */
+            len = snprintf( NULL, 0, "%s: %s (%s)", cardName, snd_pcm_info_get_name( pcmInfo ), buf ) + 1;
+            PA_UNLESS( deviceName = (char *)PaUtil_GroupAllocateMemory( alsaApi->allocations, len ),
+                    paInsufficientMemory );
+            snprintf( deviceName, len, "%s: %s (%s)", cardName,
+                    snd_pcm_info_get_name( pcmInfo ), buf );
+
+            ++numDeviceNames;
+            if( !deviceNames || numDeviceNames > maxDeviceNames )
+            {
+                maxDeviceNames *= 2;
+                PA_UNLESS( deviceNames = (DeviceNames *) realloc( deviceNames, maxDeviceNames * sizeof (DeviceNames) ),
+                        paInsufficientMemory );
+            }
+
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsa_StrDup( alsaApi, &alsaDeviceName, buf ) );
+
+            deviceNames[ numDeviceNames - 1 ].alsaName = alsaDeviceName;
+            deviceNames[ numDeviceNames - 1 ].name = deviceName;
+            deviceNames[ numDeviceNames - 1 ].isPlug = 0;
+            deviceNames[ numDeviceNames - 1 ].hasPlayback = hasPlayback;
+            deviceNames[ numDeviceNames - 1 ].hasCapture = hasCapture;
+        }
+        snd_ctl_close( ctl );
+    }
+
+    /* Iterate over plugin devices */
+    if( NULL == snd_config )
+    {
+        /* snd_config_update is called implicitly by some functions, if this hasn't happened snd_config will be NULL (bleh) */
+        ENSURE_( snd_config_update(), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        PA_DEBUG(( "Updating snd_config\n" ));
+    }
+    assert( snd_config );
+    if( (res = snd_config_search( snd_config, "pcm", &topNode )) >= 0 )
+    {
+        snd_config_iterator_t i, next;
+
+        snd_config_for_each( i, next, topNode )
+        {
+            const char *tpStr = "unknown", *idStr = NULL;
+            int err = 0;
+
+            char *alsaDeviceName, *deviceName;
+            snd_config_t *n = snd_config_iterator_entry( i ), * tp = NULL;;
+
+            if( (err = snd_config_search( n, "type", &tp )) < 0 )
+            {
+                if( -ENOENT != err )
+                {
+                    ENSURE_(err, paUnanticipatedHostError);
+                }
+            }
+            else 
+            {
+                ENSURE_( snd_config_get_string( tp, &tpStr ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            }
+            ENSURE_( snd_config_get_id( n, &idStr ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            if( IgnorePlugin( idStr ) )
+            {
+                PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Ignoring ALSA plugin device %s of type %s\n", __FUNCTION__, idStr, tpStr ));
+                continue;
+            }
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Found plugin %s of type %s\n", __FUNCTION__, idStr, tpStr ));
+
+            PA_UNLESS( alsaDeviceName = (char*)PaUtil_GroupAllocateMemory( alsaApi->allocations,
+                                                            strlen(idStr) + 6 ), paInsufficientMemory );
+            strcpy( alsaDeviceName, idStr );
+            PA_UNLESS( deviceName = (char*)PaUtil_GroupAllocateMemory( alsaApi->allocations,
+                                                            strlen(idStr) + 1 ), paInsufficientMemory );
+            strcpy( deviceName, idStr );
+
+            ++numDeviceNames;
+            if( !deviceNames || numDeviceNames > maxDeviceNames )
+            {
+                maxDeviceNames *= 2;
+                PA_UNLESS( deviceNames = (DeviceNames *) realloc( deviceNames, maxDeviceNames * sizeof (DeviceNames) ),
+                        paInsufficientMemory );
+            }
+
+            deviceNames[numDeviceNames - 1].alsaName = alsaDeviceName;
+            deviceNames[numDeviceNames - 1].name = deviceName;
+            deviceNames[numDeviceNames - 1].isPlug = 1;
+            deviceNames[numDeviceNames - 1].hasPlayback = 1;
+            deviceNames[numDeviceNames - 1].hasCapture = 1;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Iterating over ALSA plugins failed: %s\n", __FUNCTION__, snd_strerror( res ) ));
+
+    /* allocate deviceInfo memory based on the number of devices */
+    PA_UNLESS( baseApi->deviceInfos = (PaDeviceInfo**)PaUtil_GroupAllocateMemory(
+            alsaApi->allocations, sizeof(PaDeviceInfo*) * (numDeviceNames) ), paInsufficientMemory );
+
+    /* allocate all device info structs in a contiguous block */
+    PA_UNLESS( deviceInfoArray = (PaAlsaDeviceInfo*)PaUtil_GroupAllocateMemory(
+            alsaApi->allocations, sizeof(PaAlsaDeviceInfo) * numDeviceNames ), paInsufficientMemory );
+
+    /* Loop over list of cards, filling in info, if a device is deemed unavailable (can't get name),
+     * it's ignored.
+     */
+    /* while( snd_card_next( &cardIdx ) == 0 && cardIdx >= 0 ) */
+    for( i = 0, devIdx = 0; i < numDeviceNames; ++i )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_t *pcm;
+        PaAlsaDeviceInfo *deviceInfo = &deviceInfoArray[devIdx];
+        PaDeviceInfo *baseDeviceInfo = &deviceInfo->baseDeviceInfo;
+        int canMmap = -1;
+
+        /* Zero fields */
+        InitializeDeviceInfo( baseDeviceInfo );
+
+        /* to determine device capabilities, we must open the device and query the
+         * hardware parameter configuration space */
+
+        /* Query capture */
+        if( deviceNames[i].hasCapture &&
+                snd_pcm_open( &pcm, deviceNames[i].alsaName, SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE, blocking ) >= 0 )
+        {
+            if( GropeDevice( pcm, deviceNames[i].isPlug, StreamDirection_In, blocking, deviceInfo,
+                        &canMmap ) != paNoError )
+            {
+                /* Error */
+                PA_DEBUG(("%s: Failed groping %s for capture\n", __FUNCTION__, deviceNames[i].alsaName));
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* Query playback */
+        if( deviceNames[i].hasPlayback &&
+                snd_pcm_open( &pcm, deviceNames[i].alsaName, SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, blocking ) >= 0 )
+        {
+            if( GropeDevice( pcm, deviceNames[i].isPlug, StreamDirection_Out, blocking, deviceInfo,
+                        &canMmap ) != paNoError )
+            {
+                /* Error */
+                PA_DEBUG(("%s: Failed groping %s for playback\n", __FUNCTION__, deviceNames[i].alsaName));
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if( 0 == canMmap )
+        {
+            PA_DEBUG(("%s: Device %s doesn't support mmap\n", __FUNCTION__, deviceNames[i].alsaName));
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        baseDeviceInfo->structVersion = 2;
+        baseDeviceInfo->hostApi = alsaApi->hostApiIndex;
+        baseDeviceInfo->name = deviceNames[i].name;
+        deviceInfo->alsaName = deviceNames[i].alsaName;
+        deviceInfo->isPlug = deviceNames[i].isPlug;
+
+        /* A: Storing pointer to PaAlsaDeviceInfo object as pointer to PaDeviceInfo object.
+         * Should now be safe to add device info, unless the device supports neither capture nor playback
+         */
+        if( baseDeviceInfo->maxInputChannels > 0 || baseDeviceInfo->maxOutputChannels > 0 )
+        {
+            if( baseApi->info.defaultInputDevice == paNoDevice && baseDeviceInfo->maxInputChannels > 0 )
+                baseApi->info.defaultInputDevice = devIdx;
+            if(  baseApi->info.defaultOutputDevice == paNoDevice && baseDeviceInfo->maxOutputChannels > 0 )
+                baseApi->info.defaultOutputDevice = devIdx;
+            PA_DEBUG(("%s: Adding device %s\n", __FUNCTION__, deviceNames[i].name));
+            baseApi->deviceInfos[devIdx++] = (PaDeviceInfo *) deviceInfo;
+        }
+    }
+    free( deviceNames );
+
+    baseApi->info.deviceCount = devIdx;   /* Number of successfully queried devices */
+
+end:
+    return result;
+
+error:
+    /* No particular action */
+    goto end;
+}
+
+/* Check against known device capabilities */
+static PaError ValidateParameters( const PaStreamParameters *parameters, PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi, StreamDirection mode )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    int maxChans;
+    const PaAlsaDeviceInfo *deviceInfo = NULL;
+    assert( parameters );
+
+    if( parameters->device != paUseHostApiSpecificDeviceSpecification )
+    {
+        assert( parameters->device < hostApi->info.deviceCount );
+        PA_UNLESS( parameters->hostApiSpecificStreamInfo == NULL, paBadIODeviceCombination );
+        deviceInfo = GetDeviceInfo( hostApi, parameters->device );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        const PaAlsaStreamInfo *streamInfo = parameters->hostApiSpecificStreamInfo;
+
+        PA_UNLESS( parameters->device == paUseHostApiSpecificDeviceSpecification, paInvalidDevice );
+        PA_UNLESS( streamInfo->size == sizeof (PaAlsaStreamInfo) && streamInfo->version == 1,
+                paIncompatibleHostApiSpecificStreamInfo );
+        PA_UNLESS( streamInfo->deviceString != NULL, paInvalidDevice );
+
+        /* Skip further checking */
+        return paNoError;
+    }
+
+    assert( deviceInfo );
+    assert( parameters->hostApiSpecificStreamInfo == NULL );
+    maxChans = (StreamDirection_In == mode ? deviceInfo->baseDeviceInfo.maxInputChannels :
+        deviceInfo->baseDeviceInfo.maxOutputChannels);
+    PA_UNLESS( parameters->channelCount <= maxChans, paInvalidChannelCount );
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* Given an open stream, what sample formats are available? */
+static PaSampleFormat GetAvailableFormats( snd_pcm_t *pcm )
+{
+    PaSampleFormat available = 0;
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hwParams;
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca( &hwParams );
+
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_any( pcm, hwParams );
+
+    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_format( pcm, hwParams, SND_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT ) >= 0)
+        available |= paFloat32;
+
+    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_format( pcm, hwParams, SND_PCM_FORMAT_S32 ) >= 0)
+        available |= paInt32;
+
+    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_format( pcm, hwParams, SND_PCM_FORMAT_S24 ) >= 0)
+        available |= paInt24;
+
+    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_format( pcm, hwParams, SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16 ) >= 0)
+        available |= paInt16;
+
+    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_format( pcm, hwParams, SND_PCM_FORMAT_U8 ) >= 0)
+        available |= paUInt8;
+
+    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_format( pcm, hwParams, SND_PCM_FORMAT_S8 ) >= 0)
+        available |= paInt8;
+
+    return available;
+}
+
+static snd_pcm_format_t Pa2AlsaFormat( PaSampleFormat paFormat )
+{
+    switch( paFormat )
+    {
+        case paFloat32:
+            return SND_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT;
+
+        case paInt16:
+            return SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16;
+
+        case paInt24:
+            return SND_PCM_FORMAT_S24;
+
+        case paInt32:
+            return SND_PCM_FORMAT_S32;
+
+        case paInt8:
+            return SND_PCM_FORMAT_S8;
+
+        case paUInt8:
+            return SND_PCM_FORMAT_U8;
+
+        default:
+            return SND_PCM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN;
+    }
+}
+
+/** Open an ALSA pcm handle.
+ * 
+ * The device to be open can be specified in a custom PaAlsaStreamInfo struct, or it will be a device number. In case of a
+ * device number, it maybe specified through an env variable (PA_ALSA_PLUGHW) that we should open the corresponding plugin
+ * device.
+ */
+static PaError AlsaOpen( const PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi, const PaStreamParameters *params, StreamDirection
+        streamDir, snd_pcm_t **pcm )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    int ret;
+    char dnameArray[50];
+    const char* deviceName = dnameArray;
+    const PaAlsaDeviceInfo *deviceInfo = NULL;
+    PaAlsaStreamInfo *streamInfo = (PaAlsaStreamInfo *)params->hostApiSpecificStreamInfo;
+
+    if( !streamInfo )
+    {
+        int usePlug = 0;
+        deviceInfo = GetDeviceInfo( hostApi, params->device );
+        
+        /* If device name starts with hw: and PA_ALSA_PLUGHW is 1, we open the plughw device instead */
+        if( !strncmp( "hw:", deviceInfo->alsaName, 3 ) && getenv( "PA_ALSA_PLUGHW" ) )
+            usePlug = atoi( getenv( "PA_ALSA_PLUGHW" ) );
+        if( usePlug )
+            snprintf( dnameArray, 50, "plug%s", deviceInfo->alsaName );
+        else
+            deviceName = deviceInfo->alsaName;
+    }
+    else
+        deviceName = streamInfo->deviceString;
+
+    PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Opening device %s\n", __FUNCTION__, deviceName ));
+    if( (ret = snd_pcm_open( pcm, deviceName, streamDir == StreamDirection_In ? SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE : SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK,
+                    SND_PCM_NONBLOCK )) < 0 )
+    {
+        /* Not to be closed */
+        *pcm = NULL;
+        ENSURE_( ret, ret == -EBUSY ? paDeviceUnavailable : paBadIODeviceCombination );
+    }
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_nonblock( *pcm, 0 ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+end:
+    return result;
+
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+static PaError TestParameters( const PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi, const PaStreamParameters *parameters,
+        double sampleRate, StreamDirection streamDir )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    snd_pcm_t *pcm = NULL;
+    PaSampleFormat availableFormats;
+    /* We are able to adapt to a number of channels less than what the device supports */
+    unsigned int numHostChannels;
+    PaSampleFormat hostFormat;
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hwParams;
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca( &hwParams );
+    
+    if( !parameters->hostApiSpecificStreamInfo )
+    {
+        const PaAlsaDeviceInfo *devInfo = GetDeviceInfo( hostApi, parameters->device );
+        numHostChannels = PA_MAX( parameters->channelCount, StreamDirection_In == streamDir ?
+                devInfo->minInputChannels : devInfo->minOutputChannels );
+    }
+    else
+        numHostChannels = parameters->channelCount;
+
+    PA_ENSURE( AlsaOpen( hostApi, parameters, streamDir, &pcm ) );
+
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_any( pcm, hwParams );
+
+    if( SetApproximateSampleRate( pcm, hwParams, sampleRate ) < 0 )
+    {
+        result = paInvalidSampleRate;
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels( pcm, hwParams, numHostChannels ) < 0 )
+    {
+        result = paInvalidChannelCount;
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    /* See if we can find a best possible match */
+    availableFormats = GetAvailableFormats( pcm );
+    PA_ENSURE( hostFormat = PaUtil_SelectClosestAvailableFormat( availableFormats, parameters->sampleFormat ) );
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format( pcm, hwParams, Pa2AlsaFormat( hostFormat ) ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    {
+        /* It happens that this call fails because the device is busy */
+        int ret = 0;
+        if( (ret = snd_pcm_hw_params( pcm, hwParams )) < 0)
+        {
+            ENSURE_( ret, ret == -EBUSY ? paDeviceUnavailable : paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        }
+    }
+
+end:
+    if( pcm )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_close( pcm );
+    }
+    return result;
+
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+static PaError IsFormatSupported( struct PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi,
+                                  const PaStreamParameters *inputParameters,
+                                  const PaStreamParameters *outputParameters,
+                                  double sampleRate )
+{
+    int inputChannelCount = 0, outputChannelCount = 0;
+    PaSampleFormat inputSampleFormat, outputSampleFormat;
+    PaError result = paFormatIsSupported;
+
+    if( inputParameters )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( ValidateParameters( inputParameters, hostApi, StreamDirection_In ) );
+
+        inputChannelCount = inputParameters->channelCount;
+        inputSampleFormat = inputParameters->sampleFormat;
+    }
+
+    if( outputParameters )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( ValidateParameters( outputParameters, hostApi, StreamDirection_Out ) );
+
+        outputChannelCount = outputParameters->channelCount;
+        outputSampleFormat = outputParameters->sampleFormat;
+    }
+
+    if( inputChannelCount )
+    {
+        if( (result = TestParameters( hostApi, inputParameters, sampleRate, StreamDirection_In ))
+                != paNoError )
+            goto error;
+    }
+    if ( outputChannelCount )
+    {
+        if( (result = TestParameters( hostApi, outputParameters, sampleRate, StreamDirection_Out ))
+                != paNoError )
+            goto error;
+    }
+
+    return paFormatIsSupported;
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( PaAlsaStreamComponent *self, PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation *alsaApi,
+        const PaStreamParameters *params, StreamDirection streamDir, int callbackMode )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    PaSampleFormat userSampleFormat = params->sampleFormat, hostSampleFormat;
+    assert( params->channelCount > 0 );
+
+    /* Make sure things have an initial value */
+    memset( self, 0, sizeof (PaAlsaStreamComponent) );
+
+    if( NULL == params->hostApiSpecificStreamInfo )
+    {
+        const PaAlsaDeviceInfo *devInfo = GetDeviceInfo( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params->device );
+        self->numHostChannels = PA_MAX( params->channelCount, StreamDirection_In == streamDir ? devInfo->minInputChannels
+                : devInfo->minOutputChannels );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* We're blissfully unaware of the minimum channelCount */
+        self->numHostChannels = params->channelCount;
+    }
+
+    PA_ENSURE( AlsaOpen( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params, streamDir, &self->pcm ) );
+    self->nfds = snd_pcm_poll_descriptors_count( self->pcm );
+    hostSampleFormat = PaUtil_SelectClosestAvailableFormat( GetAvailableFormats( self->pcm ), userSampleFormat );
+
+    self->hostSampleFormat = hostSampleFormat;
+    self->nativeFormat = Pa2AlsaFormat( hostSampleFormat );
+    self->hostInterleaved = self->userInterleaved = !(userSampleFormat & paNonInterleaved);
+    self->numUserChannels = params->channelCount;
+    self->streamDir = streamDir;
+
+    if( !callbackMode && !self->userInterleaved )
+    {
+        /* Pre-allocate non-interleaved user provided buffers */
+        PA_UNLESS( self->userBuffers = PaUtil_AllocateMemory( sizeof (void *) * self->numUserChannels ),
+                paInsufficientMemory );
+    }
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+static void PaAlsaStreamComponent_Terminate( PaAlsaStreamComponent *self )
+{
+    snd_pcm_close( self->pcm );
+    if( self->userBuffers )
+        PaUtil_FreeMemory( self->userBuffers );
+}
+
+int nearbyint_(float value) {
+    if(  value - (int)value > .5 )
+        return (int)ceil( value );
+    return (int)floor( value );
+}
+
+/** Initiate configuration, preparing for determining a period size suitable for both capture and playback components.
+ *
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_InitialConfigure( PaAlsaStreamComponent *self, const PaStreamParameters *params,
+        int primeBuffers, snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hwParams, double *sampleRate )
+{
+    /* Configuration consists of setting all of ALSA's parameters.
+     * These parameters come in two flavors: hardware parameters
+     * and software paramters.  Hardware parameters will affect
+     * the way the device is initialized, software parameters
+     * affect the way ALSA interacts with me, the user-level client.
+     */
+
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    snd_pcm_access_t accessMode, alternateAccessMode;
+    int dir = 0;
+    snd_pcm_t *pcm = self->pcm;
+    double sr = *sampleRate;
+    unsigned int minPeriods = 2;
+
+    /* self->framesPerBuffer = framesPerHostBuffer; */
+
+    /* ... fill up the configuration space with all possibile
+     * combinations of parameters this device will accept */
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_any( pcm, hwParams ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_periods_integer( pcm, hwParams ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    /* I think there should be at least 2 periods (even though ALSA doesn't appear to enforce this) */
+    dir = 0;
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_periods_min( pcm, hwParams, &minPeriods, &dir ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    if( self->userInterleaved )
+    {
+        accessMode = SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_INTERLEAVED;
+        alternateAccessMode = SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_NONINTERLEAVED;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        accessMode = SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_NONINTERLEAVED;
+        alternateAccessMode = SND_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_INTERLEAVED;
+    }
+    /* If requested access mode fails, try alternate mode */
+    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access( pcm, hwParams, accessMode ) < 0 )
+    {
+        int err = 0;
+        if( (err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access( pcm, hwParams, alternateAccessMode )) < 0)
+        {
+            result = paUnanticipatedHostError;
+            if( -EINVAL == err )
+            {
+                PaUtil_SetLastHostErrorInfo( paALSA, err, "PA ALSA requires that a device supports mmap access" );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                PaUtil_SetLastHostErrorInfo( paALSA, err, snd_strerror( err ) );
+            }
+            goto error;
+        }
+        /* Flip mode */
+        self->hostInterleaved = !self->userInterleaved;
+    }
+
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format( pcm, hwParams, self->nativeFormat ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    ENSURE_( SetApproximateSampleRate( pcm, hwParams, sr ), paInvalidSampleRate );
+    ENSURE_( GetExactSampleRate( hwParams, &sr ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    /* reject if there's no sample rate within 1% of the one requested */
+    if( (fabs( *sampleRate - sr ) / *sampleRate) > 0.01 )
+    {
+        PA_DEBUG(("%s: Wanted %f, closest sample rate was %d\n", __FUNCTION__, sampleRate, sr ));                 
+        PA_ENSURE( paInvalidSampleRate );
+    }
+
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels( pcm, hwParams, self->numHostChannels ), paInvalidChannelCount );
+
+    *sampleRate = sr;
+
+end:
+    return result;
+
+error:
+    /* No particular action */
+    goto end;
+}
+
+/** Finish the configuration of the component's ALSA device.
+ *
+ * As part of this method, the component's bufferSize attribute will be set.
+ * @param latency: The latency for this component.
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_FinishConfigure( PaAlsaStreamComponent *self, snd_pcm_hw_params_t* hwParams,
+        const PaStreamParameters *params, int primeBuffers, double sampleRate, PaTime* latency )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    snd_pcm_sw_params_t* swParams;
+    snd_pcm_uframes_t bufSz = 0;
+    *latency = -1.;
+
+    snd_pcm_sw_params_alloca( &swParams );
+
+    bufSz = (params->suggestedLatency * sampleRate) + self->framesPerBuffer;    /* One period does not count as latency */
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near( self->pcm, hwParams, &bufSz ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    /* Set the parameters! */
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params( self->pcm, hwParams ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_buffer_size( hwParams, &self->bufferSize ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    /* Latency in seconds, one period is not counted as latency */
+    *latency = (self->bufferSize - self->framesPerBuffer) / sampleRate;
+
+    /* Now software parameters... */
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params_current( self->pcm, swParams ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params_set_start_threshold( self->pcm, swParams, self->framesPerBuffer ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params_set_stop_threshold( self->pcm, swParams, self->bufferSize ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    /* Silence buffer in the case of underrun */
+    if( !primeBuffers ) /* XXX: Make sense? */
+    {
+        snd_pcm_uframes_t boundary;
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params_get_boundary( swParams, &boundary ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params_set_silence_threshold( self->pcm, swParams, 0 ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params_set_silence_size( self->pcm, swParams, boundary ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    }
+        
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params_set_avail_min( self->pcm, swParams, self->framesPerBuffer ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params_set_xfer_align( self->pcm, swParams, 1 ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params_set_tstamp_mode( self->pcm, swParams, SND_PCM_TSTAMP_MMAP ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    /* Set the parameters! */
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_sw_params( self->pcm, swParams ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PaError PaAlsaStream_Initialize( PaAlsaStream *self, PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation *alsaApi, const PaStreamParameters *inParams,
+        const PaStreamParameters *outParams, double sampleRate, unsigned long framesPerUserBuffer, PaStreamCallback callback,
+        PaStreamFlags streamFlags, void *userData )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    assert( self );
+
+    memset( self, 0, sizeof (PaAlsaStream) );
+
+    if( NULL != callback )
+    {
+        PaUtil_InitializeStreamRepresentation( &self->streamRepresentation,
+                                               &alsaApi->callbackStreamInterface,
+                                               callback, userData );
+        self->callbackMode = 1;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        PaUtil_InitializeStreamRepresentation( &self->streamRepresentation,
+                                               &alsaApi->blockingStreamInterface,
+                                               NULL, userData );
+    }
+
+    self->framesPerUserBuffer = framesPerUserBuffer;
+    self->neverDropInput = streamFlags & paNeverDropInput;
+    /* XXX: Ignore paPrimeOutputBuffersUsingStreamCallback untill buffer priming is fully supported in pa_process.c */
+    /*
+    if( outParams & streamFlags & paPrimeOutputBuffersUsingStreamCallback )
+        self->primeBuffers = 1;
+        */
+    memset( &self->capture, 0, sizeof (PaAlsaStreamComponent) );
+    memset( &self->playback, 0, sizeof (PaAlsaStreamComponent) );
+    if( inParams )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->capture, alsaApi, inParams, StreamDirection_In, NULL != callback ) );
+    }
+    if( outParams )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->playback, alsaApi, outParams, StreamDirection_Out, NULL != callback ) );
+    }
+
+    assert( self->capture.nfds || self->playback.nfds );
+
+    PA_UNLESS( self->pfds = (struct pollfd*)PaUtil_AllocateMemory( (self->capture.nfds +
+                    self->playback.nfds) * sizeof (struct pollfd) ), paInsufficientMemory );
+
+    PaUtil_InitializeCpuLoadMeasurer( &self->cpuLoadMeasurer, sampleRate );
+    ASSERT_CALL_( PaUnixMutex_Initialize( &self->stateMtx ), paNoError );
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Free resources associated with stream, and eventually stream itself.
+ *
+ * Frees allocated memory, and terminates individual StreamComponents.
+ */
+static void PaAlsaStream_Terminate( PaAlsaStream *self )
+{
+    assert( self );
+
+    if( self->capture.pcm )
+    {
+        PaAlsaStreamComponent_Terminate( &self->capture );
+    }
+    if( self->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        PaAlsaStreamComponent_Terminate( &self->playback );
+    }
+
+    PaUtil_FreeMemory( self->pfds );
+    ASSERT_CALL_( PaUnixMutex_Terminate( &self->stateMtx ), paNoError );
+
+    PaUtil_FreeMemory( self );
+}
+
+/** Calculate polling timeout
+ *
+ * @param frames Time to wait
+ * @return Polling timeout in milliseconds
+ */
+static int CalculatePollTimeout( const PaAlsaStream *stream, unsigned long frames )
+{
+    assert( stream->streamRepresentation.streamInfo.sampleRate > 0.0 );
+    /* Period in msecs, rounded up */
+    return (int)ceil( 1000 * frames / stream->streamRepresentation.streamInfo.sampleRate );
+}
+
+/** Determine size per host buffer.
+ *
+ * During this method call, the component's framesPerBuffer attribute gets computed, and the corresponding period size
+ * gets configured for the device.
+ * @param accurate: If the configured period size is non-integer, this will be set to 0.
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( PaAlsaStreamComponent* self, const PaStreamParameters* params,
+        unsigned long framesPerUserBuffer, double sampleRate, snd_pcm_hw_params_t* hwParams, int* accurate )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    unsigned long bufferSize = params->suggestedLatency * sampleRate, framesPerHostBuffer;
+    int dir = 0;
+    
+    {
+        snd_pcm_uframes_t tmp;
+        snd_pcm_hw_params_get_buffer_size_min( hwParams, &tmp );
+        bufferSize = PA_MAX( bufferSize, tmp );
+        snd_pcm_hw_params_get_buffer_size_max( hwParams, &tmp );
+        bufferSize = PA_MIN( bufferSize, tmp );
+    }
+
+    assert( bufferSize > 0 );
+
+    if( framesPerUserBuffer != paFramesPerBufferUnspecified )
+    {
+        /* Preferably the host buffer size should be a multiple of the user buffer size */
+
+        if( bufferSize > framesPerUserBuffer )
+        {
+            snd_pcm_uframes_t remainder = bufferSize % framesPerUserBuffer;
+            if( remainder > framesPerUserBuffer / 2. )
+                bufferSize += framesPerUserBuffer - remainder;
+            else
+                bufferSize -= remainder;
+
+            assert( bufferSize % framesPerUserBuffer == 0 );
+        }
+        else if( framesPerUserBuffer % bufferSize != 0 )
+        {
+            /*  Find a good compromise between user specified latency and buffer size */
+            if( bufferSize > framesPerUserBuffer * .75 )
+            {
+                bufferSize = framesPerUserBuffer;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                snd_pcm_uframes_t newSz = framesPerUserBuffer;
+                while( newSz / 2 >= bufferSize )
+                {
+                    if( framesPerUserBuffer % (newSz / 2) != 0 )
+                    {
+                        /* No use dividing any further */
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    newSz /= 2;
+                }
+                bufferSize = newSz;
+            }
+
+            assert( framesPerUserBuffer % bufferSize == 0 );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Using 5 as a base number of periods, we try to approximate the suggested latency (+1 period),
+       finding a combination of period/buffer size which best fits these constraints */
+    {
+        unsigned numPeriods = 4, maxPeriods = 0;
+        /* It may be that the device only supports 2 periods for instance */
+        dir = 0;
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_periods_max( hwParams, &maxPeriods, &dir ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        assert( maxPeriods > 1 );
+        /* One period is not counted as latency */
+        maxPeriods -= 1;
+        numPeriods = PA_MIN( maxPeriods, numPeriods );
+
+        if( framesPerUserBuffer != paFramesPerBufferUnspecified )
+        {
+            framesPerHostBuffer = framesPerUserBuffer;
+            if( framesPerHostBuffer < bufferSize )
+            {
+                while( bufferSize / framesPerHostBuffer > numPeriods )
+                {
+                    framesPerHostBuffer *= 2;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                while( bufferSize / framesPerHostBuffer < numPeriods )
+                {
+                    if( framesPerUserBuffer % (framesPerHostBuffer / 2) != 0 )
+                    {
+                        /* Can't be divided any further */
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    framesPerHostBuffer /= 2;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if( framesPerHostBuffer < framesPerUserBuffer )
+            {
+                assert( framesPerUserBuffer % framesPerHostBuffer == 0 );
+                if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->pcm, hwParams, framesPerHostBuffer, 0 ) < 0 )
+                {
+                    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->pcm, hwParams, framesPerHostBuffer * 2, 0 ) == 0 )
+                        framesPerHostBuffer *= 2;
+                    else if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->pcm, hwParams, framesPerHostBuffer / 2, 0 ) == 0 )
+                        framesPerHostBuffer /= 2;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                assert( framesPerHostBuffer % framesPerUserBuffer == 0 );
+                if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->pcm, hwParams, framesPerHostBuffer, 0 ) < 0 )
+                {
+                    if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->pcm, hwParams, framesPerHostBuffer + framesPerUserBuffer, 0 ) == 0 )
+                        framesPerHostBuffer += framesPerUserBuffer;
+                    else if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->pcm, hwParams, framesPerHostBuffer - framesPerUserBuffer, 0 ) == 0 )
+                        framesPerHostBuffer -= framesPerUserBuffer;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            framesPerHostBuffer = bufferSize / numPeriods;
+        }
+    }
+
+    assert( framesPerHostBuffer > 0 );
+    {
+        snd_pcm_uframes_t min = 0, max = 0;
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_size_min( hwParams, &min, NULL ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_size_max( hwParams, &max, NULL ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+        if( framesPerHostBuffer < min )
+        {
+            framesPerHostBuffer = min;
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: The determined period size (%lu) is less than minimum (%lu)\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                        framesPerHostBuffer, min ));
+        }
+        else if( framesPerHostBuffer > max )
+        {
+            framesPerHostBuffer = max;
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: The determined period size (%lu) is greater than maximum (%lu)\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                        framesPerHostBuffer, max ));
+        }
+
+        assert( framesPerHostBuffer >= min && framesPerHostBuffer <= max );
+        dir = 0;
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size_near( self->pcm, hwParams, &framesPerHostBuffer, &dir ),
+                paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        if( dir != 0 )
+        {
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: The configured period size is non-integer.\n", __FUNCTION__, dir ));
+            *accurate = 0;
+        }
+    }
+    self->framesPerBuffer = framesPerHostBuffer;
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* We need to determine how many frames per host buffer (period) to use.  Our
+ * goals are to provide the best possible performance, but also to
+ * honor the requested latency settings as closely as we can. Therefore this
+ * decision is based on:
+ *
+ *   - the period sizes that playback and/or capture support.  The
+ *     host buffer size has to be one of these.
+ *   - the number of periods that playback and/or capture support.
+ *
+ * We want to make period_size*(num_periods-1) to be as close as possible
+ * to latency*rate for both playback and capture.
+ *
+ * This method will determine suitable period sizes for capture and playback handles, and report the maximum number of
+ * frames per host buffer. The latter is relevant, in case we should be so unfortunate that the period size differs
+ * between capture and playback. If this should happen, the stream's hostBufferSizeMode attribute will be set to
+ * paUtilBoundedHostBufferSize, because the best we can do is limit the size of individual host buffers to the upper
+ * bound. The size of host buffers scheduled for processing should only matter if the user has specified a buffer size,
+ * but when he/she does we must strive for an optimal configuration. By default we'll opt for a fixed host buffer size,
+ * which should be fine if the period size is the same for capture and playback. In general, if there is a specified user
+ * buffer size, this method tries it best to determine a period size which is a multiple of the user buffer size.
+ *
+ * The framesPerBuffer attributes of the individual capture and playback components of the stream are set to corresponding
+ * values determined here. Since these should be reported as 
+ *
+ * This is one of those blocks of code that will just take a lot of
+ * refinement to be any good.
+ *
+ * In the full-duplex case it is possible that the routine was unable
+ * to find a number of frames per buffer acceptable to both devices
+ * TODO: Implement an algorithm to find the value closest to acceptance
+ * by both devices, to minimize difference between period sizes?
+ *
+ * @param determinedFramesPerHostBuffer: The determined host buffer size.
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStream_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( PaAlsaStream* self, double sampleRate, const PaStreamParameters* inputParameters,
+        const PaStreamParameters* outputParameters, unsigned long framesPerUserBuffer, snd_pcm_hw_params_t* hwParamsCapture,
+        snd_pcm_hw_params_t* hwParamsPlayback, PaUtilHostBufferSizeMode* hostBufferSizeMode )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    unsigned long framesPerHostBuffer = 0;
+    int dir = 0;
+    int accurate = 1;
+
+    if( self->capture.pcm && self->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        if( framesPerUserBuffer == paFramesPerBufferUnspecified )
+        {
+            snd_pcm_uframes_t desiredLatency, e, minPeriodSize, maxPeriodSize, optimalPeriodSize, periodSize,
+                              minCapture, minPlayback, maxCapture, maxPlayback;
+
+            /* Come up with a common desired latency */
+
+            dir = 0;
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_size_min( hwParamsCapture, &minCapture, &dir ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            dir = 0;
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_size_min( hwParamsPlayback, &minPlayback, &dir ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            dir = 0;
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_size_max( hwParamsCapture, &maxCapture, &dir ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            dir = 0;
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_size_max( hwParamsPlayback, &maxPlayback, &dir ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            minPeriodSize = PA_MAX( minPlayback, minCapture );
+            maxPeriodSize = PA_MIN( maxPlayback, maxCapture );
+            PA_UNLESS( minPeriodSize <= maxPeriodSize, paBadIODeviceCombination );
+
+            desiredLatency = (snd_pcm_uframes_t)(PA_MIN( outputParameters->suggestedLatency, inputParameters->suggestedLatency )
+                    * sampleRate);
+            /* Clamp desiredLatency */
+            {
+                snd_pcm_uframes_t maxBufferSize;
+                snd_pcm_uframes_t maxBufferSizeCapture, maxBufferSizePlayback;
+                ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_buffer_size_max( hwParamsCapture, &maxBufferSizeCapture ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+                ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_buffer_size_max( hwParamsPlayback, &maxBufferSizePlayback ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+                maxBufferSize = PA_MIN( maxBufferSizeCapture, maxBufferSizePlayback );
+
+                desiredLatency = PA_MIN( desiredLatency, maxBufferSize );
+            }
+
+            /* Find the closest power of 2 */
+            e = ilogb( minPeriodSize );
+            if( minPeriodSize & (minPeriodSize - 1) )
+                e += 1;
+            periodSize = (snd_pcm_uframes_t)pow( 2, e );
+
+            while( periodSize <= maxPeriodSize )
+            {
+                if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->playback.pcm, hwParamsPlayback, periodSize, 0 ) >= 0 &&
+                        snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->capture.pcm, hwParamsCapture, periodSize, 0 ) >= 0 )
+                    break;  /* Ok! */
+
+                periodSize *= 2;
+            }
+
+            /* 4 periods considered optimal */
+            optimalPeriodSize = PA_MAX( desiredLatency / 4, minPeriodSize );
+            optimalPeriodSize = PA_MIN( optimalPeriodSize, maxPeriodSize );
+
+            /* Find the closest power of 2 */
+            e = ilogb( optimalPeriodSize );
+            if( optimalPeriodSize & (optimalPeriodSize - 1) )
+                e += 1;
+            optimalPeriodSize = (snd_pcm_uframes_t)pow( 2, e );
+
+            while( optimalPeriodSize >= periodSize )
+            {
+                if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->capture.pcm, hwParamsCapture, optimalPeriodSize, 0 ) < 0 )
+                    continue;
+                if( snd_pcm_hw_params_test_period_size( self->playback.pcm, hwParamsPlayback, optimalPeriodSize, 0 ) >= 0 )
+                    break;
+                optimalPeriodSize /= 2;
+            }
+            if( optimalPeriodSize > periodSize )
+                periodSize = optimalPeriodSize;
+
+            if( periodSize <= maxPeriodSize )
+            {
+                /* Looks good, the periodSize _should_ be acceptable by both devices */
+                ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size( self->capture.pcm, hwParamsCapture, periodSize, 0 ),
+                        paUnanticipatedHostError );
+                ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size( self->playback.pcm, hwParamsPlayback, periodSize, 0 ),
+                        paUnanticipatedHostError );
+                self->capture.framesPerBuffer = self->playback.framesPerBuffer = periodSize;
+                framesPerHostBuffer = periodSize;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                /* Unable to find a common period size, oh well */
+                optimalPeriodSize = PA_MAX( desiredLatency / 4, minPeriodSize );
+                optimalPeriodSize = PA_MIN( optimalPeriodSize, maxPeriodSize );
+
+                self->capture.framesPerBuffer = optimalPeriodSize;
+                dir = 0;
+                ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size_near( self->capture.pcm, hwParamsCapture, &self->capture.framesPerBuffer, &dir ),
+                        paUnanticipatedHostError );
+                self->playback.framesPerBuffer = optimalPeriodSize;
+                dir = 0;
+                ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size_near( self->playback.pcm, hwParamsPlayback, &self->playback.framesPerBuffer, &dir ),
+                        paUnanticipatedHostError );
+                framesPerHostBuffer = PA_MAX( self->capture.framesPerBuffer, self->playback.framesPerBuffer );
+                *hostBufferSizeMode = paUtilBoundedHostBufferSize;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            /* We choose the simple route and determine a suitable number of frames per buffer for one component of
+             * the stream, then we hope that this will work for the other component too (it should!).
+             */
+
+            unsigned maxPeriods = 0;
+            PaAlsaStreamComponent* first = &self->capture, * second = &self->playback;
+            const PaStreamParameters* firstStreamParams = inputParameters;
+            snd_pcm_hw_params_t* firstHwParams = hwParamsCapture, * secondHwParams = hwParamsPlayback;
+
+            dir = 0;
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_get_periods_max( hwParamsPlayback, &maxPeriods, &dir ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            if( maxPeriods < 4 )
+            {
+                /* The playback component is trickier to get right, try that first */
+                first = &self->playback;
+                second = &self->capture;
+                firstStreamParams = outputParameters;
+                firstHwParams = hwParamsPlayback;
+                secondHwParams = hwParamsCapture;
+            }
+
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( first, firstStreamParams, framesPerUserBuffer,
+                        sampleRate, firstHwParams, &accurate ) );
+
+            second->framesPerBuffer = first->framesPerBuffer;
+            dir = 0;
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size_near( second->pcm, secondHwParams, &second->framesPerBuffer, &dir ),
+                    paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            if( self->capture.framesPerBuffer == self->playback.framesPerBuffer )
+            {
+                framesPerHostBuffer = self->capture.framesPerBuffer;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                framesPerHostBuffer = PA_MAX( self->capture.framesPerBuffer, self->playback.framesPerBuffer );
+                *hostBufferSizeMode = paUtilBoundedHostBufferSize;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else    /* half-duplex is a slightly simpler case */
+    {
+        if( self->capture.pcm )
+        {
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( &self->capture, inputParameters, framesPerUserBuffer,
+                        sampleRate, hwParamsCapture, &accurate) );
+            framesPerHostBuffer = self->capture.framesPerBuffer;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            assert( self->playback.pcm );
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( &self->playback, outputParameters, framesPerUserBuffer,
+                        sampleRate, hwParamsPlayback, &accurate ) );
+            framesPerHostBuffer = self->playback.framesPerBuffer;
+        }
+    }
+
+    PA_UNLESS( framesPerHostBuffer != 0, paInternalError );
+    self->maxFramesPerHostBuffer = framesPerHostBuffer;
+
+    if( !accurate )
+    {
+        /* Don't know the exact size per host buffer */
+        *hostBufferSizeMode = paUtilBoundedHostBufferSize;
+        /* Raise upper bound */
+        ++self->maxFramesPerHostBuffer;
+    }
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Set up ALSA stream parameters.
+ *
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStream_Configure( PaAlsaStream *self, const PaStreamParameters *inParams, const PaStreamParameters*
+        outParams, double sampleRate, unsigned long framesPerUserBuffer, double* inputLatency, double* outputLatency,
+        PaUtilHostBufferSizeMode* hostBufferSizeMode )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    double realSr = sampleRate;
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_t* hwParamsCapture, * hwParamsPlayback;
+
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca( &hwParamsCapture );
+    snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca( &hwParamsPlayback );
+
+    if( self->capture.pcm )
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_InitialConfigure( &self->capture, inParams, self->primeBuffers, hwParamsCapture,
+                    &realSr ) );
+    if( self->playback.pcm )
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_InitialConfigure( &self->playback, outParams, self->primeBuffers, hwParamsPlayback,
+                    &realSr ) );
+
+    PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( self, realSr, inParams, outParams, framesPerUserBuffer,
+                hwParamsCapture, hwParamsPlayback, hostBufferSizeMode ) );
+
+    if( self->capture.pcm )
+    {
+        assert( self->capture.framesPerBuffer != 0 );
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_FinishConfigure( &self->capture, hwParamsCapture, inParams, self->primeBuffers, realSr,
+                    inputLatency ) );
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Capture period size: %lu, latency: %f\n", __FUNCTION__, self->capture.framesPerBuffer, *inputLatency ));
+    }
+    if( self->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        assert( self->playback.framesPerBuffer != 0 );
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_FinishConfigure( &self->playback, hwParamsPlayback, outParams, self->primeBuffers, realSr,
+                    outputLatency ) );
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Playback period size: %lu, latency: %f\n", __FUNCTION__, self->playback.framesPerBuffer, *outputLatency ));
+    }
+
+    /* Should be exact now */
+    self->streamRepresentation.streamInfo.sampleRate = realSr;
+
+    /* this will cause the two streams to automatically start/stop/prepare in sync.
+     * We only need to execute these operations on one of the pair.
+     * A: We don't want to do this on a blocking stream.
+     */
+    if( self->callbackMode && self->capture.pcm && self->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        int err = snd_pcm_link( self->capture.pcm, self->playback.pcm );
+        if( err == 0 )
+            self->pcmsSynced = 1;
+        else
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Unable to sync pcms: %s\n", __FUNCTION__, snd_strerror( err ) ));
+    }
+
+    {
+        unsigned long minFramesPerHostBuffer = PA_MIN( self->capture.pcm ? self->capture.framesPerBuffer : ULONG_MAX,
+            self->playback.pcm ? self->playback.framesPerBuffer : ULONG_MAX );
+        self->pollTimeout = CalculatePollTimeout( self, minFramesPerHostBuffer );    /* Period in msecs, rounded up */
+
+        /* Time before watchdog unthrottles realtime thread == 1/4 of period time in msecs */
+        /* self->threading.throttledSleepTime = (unsigned long) (minFramesPerHostBuffer / sampleRate / 4 * 1000); */
+    }
+
+    if( self->callbackMode )
+    {
+        /* If the user expects a certain number of frames per callback we will either have to rely on block adaption
+         * (framesPerHostBuffer is not an integer multiple of framesPerBuffer) or we can simply align the number
+         * of host buffer frames with what the user specified */
+        if( self->framesPerUserBuffer != paFramesPerBufferUnspecified )
+        {
+            /* self->alignFrames = 1; */
+
+            /* Unless the ratio between number of host and user buffer frames is an integer we will have to rely
+             * on block adaption */
+        /*
+            if( framesPerHostBuffer % framesPerBuffer != 0 || (self->capture.pcm && self->playback.pcm &&
+                        self->capture.framesPerBuffer != self->playback.framesPerBuffer) )
+                self->useBlockAdaption = 1;
+            else
+                self->alignFrames = 1;
+        */
+        }
+    }
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PaError OpenStream( struct PaUtilHostApiRepresentation *hostApi,
+                           PaStream** s,
+                           const PaStreamParameters *inputParameters,
+                           const PaStreamParameters *outputParameters,
+                           double sampleRate,
+                           unsigned long framesPerBuffer,
+                           PaStreamFlags streamFlags,
+                           PaStreamCallback* callback,
+                           void *userData )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation *alsaHostApi = (PaAlsaHostApiRepresentation*)hostApi;
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = NULL;
+    PaSampleFormat hostInputSampleFormat = 0, hostOutputSampleFormat = 0;
+    PaSampleFormat inputSampleFormat = 0, outputSampleFormat = 0;
+    int numInputChannels = 0, numOutputChannels = 0;
+    PaTime inputLatency, outputLatency;
+    /* Operate with fixed host buffer size by default, since other modes will invariably lead to block adaption */
+    /* XXX: Use Bounded by default? Output tends to get stuttery with Fixed ... */
+    PaUtilHostBufferSizeMode hostBufferSizeMode = paUtilFixedHostBufferSize;
+
+    if( (streamFlags & paPlatformSpecificFlags) != 0 )
+        return paInvalidFlag;
+
+    if( inputParameters )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( ValidateParameters( inputParameters, hostApi, StreamDirection_In ) );
+
+        numInputChannels = inputParameters->channelCount;
+        inputSampleFormat = inputParameters->sampleFormat;
+    }
+    if( outputParameters )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( ValidateParameters( outputParameters, hostApi, StreamDirection_Out ) );
+
+        numOutputChannels = outputParameters->channelCount;
+        outputSampleFormat = outputParameters->sampleFormat;
+    }
+
+    /* XXX: Why do we support this anyway? */
+    if( framesPerBuffer == paFramesPerBufferUnspecified && getenv( "PA_ALSA_PERIODSIZE" ) != NULL )
+    {
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Getting framesPerBuffer from environment\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+        framesPerBuffer = atoi( getenv("PA_ALSA_PERIODSIZE") );
+    }
+
+    PA_UNLESS( stream = (PaAlsaStream*)PaUtil_AllocateMemory( sizeof(PaAlsaStream) ), paInsufficientMemory );
+    PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_Initialize( stream, alsaHostApi, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate,
+                framesPerBuffer, callback, streamFlags, userData ) );
+
+    PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_Configure( stream, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer,
+                &inputLatency, &outputLatency, &hostBufferSizeMode ) );
+    hostInputSampleFormat = stream->capture.hostSampleFormat;
+    hostOutputSampleFormat = stream->playback.hostSampleFormat;
+
+    PA_ENSURE( PaUtil_InitializeBufferProcessor( &stream->bufferProcessor,
+                    numInputChannels, inputSampleFormat, hostInputSampleFormat,
+                    numOutputChannels, outputSampleFormat, hostOutputSampleFormat,
+                    sampleRate, streamFlags, framesPerBuffer, stream->maxFramesPerHostBuffer,
+                    hostBufferSizeMode, callback, userData ) );
+
+    /* Ok, buffer processor is initialized, now we can deduce it's latency */
+    if( numInputChannels > 0 )
+        stream->streamRepresentation.streamInfo.inputLatency = inputLatency + PaUtil_GetBufferProcessorInputLatency(
+                &stream->bufferProcessor );
+    if( numOutputChannels > 0 )
+        stream->streamRepresentation.streamInfo.outputLatency = outputLatency + PaUtil_GetBufferProcessorOutputLatency(
+                &stream->bufferProcessor );
+
+    *s = (PaStream*)stream;
+
+    return result;
+
+error:
+    if( stream )
+    {
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Stream in error, terminating\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+        PaAlsaStream_Terminate( stream );
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PaError CloseStream( PaStream* s )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream*)s;
+
+    PaUtil_TerminateBufferProcessor( &stream->bufferProcessor );
+    PaUtil_TerminateStreamRepresentation( &stream->streamRepresentation );
+
+    PaAlsaStream_Terminate( stream );
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+static void SilenceBuffer( PaAlsaStream *stream )
+{
+    const snd_pcm_channel_area_t *areas;
+    snd_pcm_uframes_t frames = (snd_pcm_uframes_t)snd_pcm_avail_update( stream->playback.pcm ), offset;
+
+    snd_pcm_mmap_begin( stream->playback.pcm, &areas, &offset, &frames );
+    snd_pcm_areas_silence( areas, offset, stream->playback.numHostChannels, frames, stream->playback.nativeFormat );
+    snd_pcm_mmap_commit( stream->playback.pcm, offset, frames );
+}
+
+/** Start/prepare pcm(s) for streaming.
+ *
+ * Depending on wether the stream is in callback or blocking mode, we will respectively start or simply
+ * prepare the playback pcm. If the buffer has _not_ been primed, we will in callback mode prepare and
+ * silence the buffer before starting playback. In blocking mode we simply prepare, as the playback will
+ * be started automatically as the user writes to output. 
+ *
+ * The capture pcm, however, will simply be prepared and started.
+ */
+static PaError AlsaStart( PaAlsaStream *stream, int priming )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+
+    if( stream->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        if( stream->callbackMode )
+        {
+            if( !priming )
+            {
+                /* Buffer isn't primed, so prepare and silence */
+                ENSURE_( snd_pcm_prepare( stream->playback.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+                SilenceBuffer( stream );
+            }
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_start( stream->playback.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        }
+        else
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_prepare( stream->playback.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    }
+    if( stream->capture.pcm && !stream->pcmsSynced )
+    {
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_prepare( stream->capture.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        /* For a blocking stream we want to start capture as well, since nothing will happen otherwise */
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_start( stream->capture.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    }
+
+end:
+    return result;
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+/** Utility function for determining if pcms are in running state.
+ *
+ */
+#if 0
+static int IsRunning( PaAlsaStream *stream )
+{
+    int result = 0;
+
+    PA_ENSURE( PaUnixMutex_Lock( &stream->stateMtx ) );
+    if( stream->capture.pcm )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_state_t capture_state = snd_pcm_state( stream->capture.pcm );
+
+        if( capture_state == SND_PCM_STATE_RUNNING || capture_state == SND_PCM_STATE_XRUN
+                || capture_state == SND_PCM_STATE_DRAINING )
+        {
+            result = 1;
+            goto end;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if( stream->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_state_t playback_state = snd_pcm_state( stream->playback.pcm );
+
+        if( playback_state == SND_PCM_STATE_RUNNING || playback_state == SND_PCM_STATE_XRUN
+                || playback_state == SND_PCM_STATE_DRAINING )
+        {
+            result = 1;
+            goto end;
+        }
+    }
+
+end:
+    ASSERT_CALL_( PaUnixMutex_Unlock( &stream->stateMtx ), paNoError );
+    return result;
+error:
+    goto error;
+}
+#endif
+
+static PaError StartStream( PaStream *s )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    PaAlsaStream* stream = (PaAlsaStream*)s;
+    int streamStarted = 0;  /* So we can know wether we need to take the stream down */
+
+    /* Ready the processor */
+    PaUtil_ResetBufferProcessor( &stream->bufferProcessor );
+
+    /* Set now, so we can test for activity further down */
+    stream->isActive = 1;
+
+    if( stream->callbackMode )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( PaUnixThread_New( &stream->thread, &CallbackThreadFunc, stream, 1., 0 ) );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( AlsaStart( stream, 0 ) );
+        streamStarted = 1;
+    }
+
+end:
+    return result;
+error:
+    if( streamStarted )
+    {
+        AbortStream( stream );
+    }
+    stream->isActive = 0;
+    
+    goto end;
+}
+
+/** Stop PCM handle, either softly or abruptly.
+ */
+static PaError AlsaStop( PaAlsaStream *stream, int abort )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+
+    if( abort )
+    {
+        if( stream->playback.pcm )
+        {
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_drop( stream->playback.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        }
+        if( stream->capture.pcm && !stream->pcmsSynced )
+        {
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_drop( stream->capture.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        }
+
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Dropped frames\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if( stream->playback.pcm )
+        {
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_nonblock( stream->playback.pcm, 0 ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            if( snd_pcm_drain( stream->playback.pcm ) < 0 )
+            {
+                PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Draining playback handle failed!\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+            }
+        }
+        if( stream->capture.pcm && !stream->pcmsSynced )
+        {
+            /* We don't need to retrieve any remaining frames */
+            if( snd_pcm_drop( stream->capture.pcm ) < 0 )
+            {
+                PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Draining capture handle failed!\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+end:
+    return result;
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+/** Stop or abort stream.
+ *
+ * If a stream is in callback mode we will have to inspect wether the background thread has
+ * finished, or we will have to take it out. In either case we join the thread before
+ * returning. In blocking mode, we simply tell ALSA to stop abruptly (abort) or finish
+ * buffers (drain)
+ *
+ * Stream will be considered inactive (!PaAlsaStream::isActive) after a call to this function
+ */
+static PaError RealStop( PaAlsaStream *stream, int abort )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+
+    /* First deal with the callback thread, cancelling and/or joining
+     * it if necessary
+     */
+    if( stream->callbackMode )
+    {
+        PaError threadRes;
+        stream->callbackAbort = abort;
+
+        if( !abort )
+        {
+            PA_DEBUG(( "Stopping callback\n" ));
+        }
+        PA_ENSURE( PaUnixThread_Terminate( &stream->thread, !abort, &threadRes ) );
+        if( threadRes != paNoError )
+        {
+            PA_DEBUG(( "Callback thread returned: %d\n", threadRes ));
+        }
+#if 0
+        if( watchdogRes != paNoError )
+            PA_DEBUG(( "Watchdog thread returned: %d\n", watchdogRes ));
+#endif
+
+        stream->callback_finished = 0;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( AlsaStop( stream, abort ) );
+    }
+
+    stream->isActive = 0;
+
+end:
+    return result;
+
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+static PaError StopStream( PaStream *s )
+{
+    return RealStop( (PaAlsaStream *) s, 0 );
+}
+
+static PaError AbortStream( PaStream *s )
+{
+    return RealStop( (PaAlsaStream * ) s, 1 );
+}
+
+/** The stream is considered stopped before StartStream, or AFTER a call to Abort/StopStream (callback
+ * returning !paContinue is not considered)
+ *
+ */
+static PaError IsStreamStopped( PaStream *s )
+{
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream *)s;
+
+    /* callback_finished indicates we need to join callback thread (ie. in Abort/StopStream) */
+    return !IsStreamActive( s ) && !stream->callback_finished;
+}
+
+static PaError IsStreamActive( PaStream *s )
+{
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream*)s;
+    return stream->isActive;
+}
+
+static PaTime GetStreamTime( PaStream *s )
+{
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream*)s;
+
+    snd_timestamp_t timestamp;
+    snd_pcm_status_t* status;
+    snd_pcm_status_alloca( &status );
+
+    /* TODO: what if we have both?  does it really matter? */
+
+    /* TODO: if running in callback mode, this will mean
+     * libasound routines are being called from multiple threads.
+     * need to verify that libasound is thread-safe. */
+
+    if( stream->capture.pcm )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_status( stream->capture.pcm, status );
+    }
+    else if( stream->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_status( stream->playback.pcm, status );
+    }
+
+    snd_pcm_status_get_tstamp( status, &timestamp );
+    return timestamp.tv_sec + (PaTime)timestamp.tv_usec / 1e6;
+}
+
+static double GetStreamCpuLoad( PaStream* s )
+{
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream*)s;
+
+    return PaUtil_GetCpuLoad( &stream->cpuLoadMeasurer );
+}
+
+static int SetApproximateSampleRate( snd_pcm_t *pcm, snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hwParams, double sampleRate )
+{
+    unsigned long approx = (unsigned long) sampleRate;
+    int dir = 0;
+    double fraction = sampleRate - approx;
+
+    assert( pcm && hwParams );
+
+    if( fraction > 0.0 )
+    {
+        if( fraction > 0.5 )
+        {
+            ++approx;
+            dir = -1;
+        }
+        else
+            dir = 1;
+    }
+
+    return snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate( pcm, hwParams, approx, dir );
+}
+
+/* Return exact sample rate in param sampleRate */
+static int GetExactSampleRate( snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hwParams, double *sampleRate )
+{
+    unsigned int num, den;
+    int err; 
+
+    assert( hwParams );
+
+    err = snd_pcm_hw_params_get_rate_numden( hwParams, &num, &den );
+    *sampleRate = (double) num / den;
+
+    return err;
+}
+
+/* Utility functions for blocking/callback interfaces */
+
+/* Atomic restart of stream (we don't want the intermediate state visible) */
+static PaError AlsaRestart( PaAlsaStream *stream )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+
+    PA_ENSURE( PaUnixMutex_Lock( &stream->stateMtx ) );
+    PA_ENSURE( AlsaStop( stream, 0 ) );
+    PA_ENSURE( AlsaStart( stream, 0 ) );
+
+    PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Restarted audio\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+
+error:
+    PA_ENSURE( PaUnixMutex_Unlock( &stream->stateMtx ) );
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Recover from xrun state.
+ *
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStream_HandleXrun( PaAlsaStream *self )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    snd_pcm_status_t *st;
+    PaTime now = PaUtil_GetTime();
+    snd_timestamp_t t;
+
+    snd_pcm_status_alloca( &st );
+
+    if( self->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_status( self->playback.pcm, st );
+        if( snd_pcm_status_get_state( st ) == SND_PCM_STATE_XRUN )
+        {
+            snd_pcm_status_get_trigger_tstamp( st, &t );
+            self->underrun = now * 1000 - ((PaTime) t.tv_sec * 1000 + (PaTime) t.tv_usec / 1000);
+        }
+    }
+    if( self->capture.pcm )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_status( self->capture.pcm, st );
+        if( snd_pcm_status_get_state( st ) == SND_PCM_STATE_XRUN )
+        {
+            snd_pcm_status_get_trigger_tstamp( st, &t );
+            self->overrun = now * 1000 - ((PaTime) t.tv_sec * 1000 + (PaTime) t.tv_usec / 1000);
+        }
+    }
+
+    PA_ENSURE( AlsaRestart( self ) );
+
+end:
+    return result;
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+/** Decide if we should continue polling for specified direction, eventually adjust the poll timeout.
+ * 
+ */
+static PaError ContinuePoll( const PaAlsaStream *stream, StreamDirection streamDir, int *pollTimeout, int *continuePoll )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    snd_pcm_sframes_t delay, margin;
+    int err;
+    const PaAlsaStreamComponent *component = NULL, *otherComponent = NULL;
+
+    *continuePoll = 1;
+
+    if( StreamDirection_In == streamDir )
+    {
+        component = &stream->capture;
+        otherComponent = &stream->playback;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        component = &stream->playback;
+        otherComponent = &stream->capture;
+    }
+
+    /* ALSA docs say that negative delay should indicate xrun, but in my experience snd_pcm_delay returns -EPIPE */
+    if( (err = snd_pcm_delay( otherComponent->pcm, &delay )) < 0 )
+    {
+        if( err == -EPIPE )
+        {
+            /* Xrun */
+            *continuePoll = 0;
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        ENSURE_( err, paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    }
+
+    if( StreamDirection_Out == streamDir )
+    {
+        /* Number of eligible frames before capture overrun */
+        delay = otherComponent->bufferSize - delay;
+    }
+    margin = delay - otherComponent->framesPerBuffer / 2;
+
+    if( margin < 0 )
+    {
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Stopping poll for %s\n", __FUNCTION__, StreamDirection_In == streamDir ? "capture" : "playback" ));
+        *continuePoll = 0;
+    }
+    else if( margin < otherComponent->framesPerBuffer )
+    {
+        *pollTimeout = CalculatePollTimeout( stream, margin );
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Trying to poll again for %s frames, pollTimeout: %d\n",
+                    __FUNCTION__, StreamDirection_In == streamDir ? "capture" : "playback", *pollTimeout ));
+    }
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* Callback interface */
+
+static void OnExit( void *data )
+{
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream *) data;
+
+    assert( data );
+
+    PaUtil_ResetCpuLoadMeasurer( &stream->cpuLoadMeasurer );
+
+    stream->callback_finished = 1;  /* Let the outside world know stream was stopped in callback */
+    PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Stopping ALSA handles\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+    AlsaStop( stream, stream->callbackAbort );
+    
+    PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Stoppage\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+
+    /* Eventually notify user all buffers have played */
+    if( stream->streamRepresentation.streamFinishedCallback )
+    {
+        stream->streamRepresentation.streamFinishedCallback( stream->streamRepresentation.userData );
+    }
+    stream->isActive = 0;
+}
+
+static void CalculateTimeInfo( PaAlsaStream *stream, PaStreamCallbackTimeInfo *timeInfo )
+{
+    snd_pcm_status_t *capture_status, *playback_status;
+    snd_timestamp_t capture_timestamp, playback_timestamp;
+    PaTime capture_time = 0., playback_time = 0.;
+
+    snd_pcm_status_alloca( &capture_status );
+    snd_pcm_status_alloca( &playback_status );
+
+    if( stream->capture.pcm )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_sframes_t capture_delay;
+
+        snd_pcm_status( stream->capture.pcm, capture_status );
+        snd_pcm_status_get_tstamp( capture_status, &capture_timestamp );
+
+        capture_time = capture_timestamp.tv_sec +
+            ((PaTime)capture_timestamp.tv_usec / 1000000.0);
+        timeInfo->currentTime = capture_time;
+
+        capture_delay = snd_pcm_status_get_delay( capture_status );
+        timeInfo->inputBufferAdcTime = timeInfo->currentTime -
+            (PaTime)capture_delay / stream->streamRepresentation.streamInfo.sampleRate;
+    }
+    if( stream->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_sframes_t playback_delay;
+
+        snd_pcm_status( stream->playback.pcm, playback_status );
+        snd_pcm_status_get_tstamp( playback_status, &playback_timestamp );
+
+        playback_time = playback_timestamp.tv_sec +
+            ((PaTime)playback_timestamp.tv_usec / 1000000.0);
+
+        if( stream->capture.pcm ) /* Full duplex */
+        {
+            /* Hmm, we have both a playback and a capture timestamp.
+             * Hopefully they are the same... */
+            if( fabs( capture_time - playback_time ) > 0.01 )
+                PA_DEBUG(("Capture time and playback time differ by %f\n", fabs(capture_time-playback_time)));
+        }
+        else
+            timeInfo->currentTime = playback_time;
+
+        playback_delay = snd_pcm_status_get_delay( playback_status );
+        timeInfo->outputBufferDacTime = timeInfo->currentTime +
+            (PaTime)playback_delay / stream->streamRepresentation.streamInfo.sampleRate;
+    }
+}
+
+/** Called after buffer processing is finished.
+ *
+ * A number of mmapped frames is committed, it is possible that an xrun has occurred in the meantime.
+ *
+ * @param numFrames The number of frames that has been processed
+ * @param xrun Return whether an xrun has occurred
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_EndProcessing( PaAlsaStreamComponent *self, unsigned long numFrames, int *xrun )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    int res;
+
+    /* @concern FullDuplex It is possible that only one direction is marked ready after polling, and processed
+     * afterwards
+     */
+    if( !self->ready )
+        goto end;
+
+    res = snd_pcm_mmap_commit( self->pcm, self->offset, numFrames );
+    if( res == -EPIPE || res == -ESTRPIPE )
+    {
+        *xrun = 1;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ENSURE_( res, paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    }
+
+end:
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* Extract buffer from channel area */
+static unsigned char *ExtractAddress( const snd_pcm_channel_area_t *area, snd_pcm_uframes_t offset )
+{
+    return (unsigned char *) area->addr + (area->first + offset * area->step) / 8;
+}
+
+/** Do necessary adaption between user and host channels.
+ *
+    @concern ChannelAdaption Adapting between user and host channels can involve silencing unused channels and
+    duplicating mono information if host outputs come in pairs.
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_DoChannelAdaption( PaAlsaStreamComponent *self, PaUtilBufferProcessor *bp, int numFrames )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    unsigned char *p;
+    int i;
+    int unusedChans = self->numHostChannels - self->numUserChannels;
+    unsigned char *src, *dst;
+    int convertMono = (self->numHostChannels % 2) == 0 && (self->numUserChannels % 2) != 0;
+
+    assert( StreamDirection_Out == self->streamDir );
+
+    if( self->hostInterleaved )
+    {
+        int swidth = snd_pcm_format_size( self->nativeFormat, 1 );
+        unsigned char *buffer = ExtractAddress( self->channelAreas, self->offset );
+
+        /* Start after the last user channel */
+        p = buffer + self->numUserChannels * swidth;
+
+        if( convertMono )
+        {
+            /* Convert the last user channel into stereo pair */
+            src = buffer + (self->numUserChannels - 1) * swidth;
+            for( i = 0; i < numFrames; ++i )
+            {
+                dst = src + swidth;
+                memcpy( dst, src, swidth );
+                src += self->numHostChannels * swidth;
+            }
+
+            /* Don't touch the channel we just wrote to */
+            p += swidth;
+            --unusedChans;
+        }
+
+        if( unusedChans > 0 )
+        {
+            /* Silence unused output channels */
+            for( i = 0; i < numFrames; ++i )
+            {
+                memset( p, 0, swidth * unusedChans );
+                p += self->numHostChannels * swidth;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* We extract the last user channel */
+        if( convertMono )
+        {
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_area_copy( self->channelAreas + self->numUserChannels, self->offset, self->channelAreas +
+                    (self->numUserChannels - 1), self->offset, numFrames, self->nativeFormat ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+            --unusedChans;
+        }
+        if( unusedChans > 0 )
+        {
+            snd_pcm_areas_silence( self->channelAreas + (self->numHostChannels - unusedChans), self->offset, unusedChans, numFrames,
+                    self->nativeFormat );
+        }
+    }
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PaError PaAlsaStream_EndProcessing( PaAlsaStream *self, unsigned long numFrames, int *xrunOccurred )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    int xrun = 0;
+
+    if( self->capture.pcm )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_EndProcessing( &self->capture, numFrames, &xrun ) );
+    }
+    if( self->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        if( self->playback.numHostChannels > self->playback.numUserChannels )
+        {
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_DoChannelAdaption( &self->playback, &self->bufferProcessor, numFrames ) );
+        }
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_EndProcessing( &self->playback, numFrames, &xrun ) );
+    }
+
+error:
+    *xrunOccurred = xrun;
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Update the number of available frames.
+ *
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_GetAvailableFrames( PaAlsaStreamComponent *self, unsigned long *numFrames, int *xrunOccurred )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    snd_pcm_sframes_t framesAvail = snd_pcm_avail_update( self->pcm );
+    *xrunOccurred = 0;
+
+    if( -EPIPE == framesAvail )
+    {
+        *xrunOccurred = 1;
+        framesAvail = 0;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ENSURE_( framesAvail, paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    }
+
+    *numFrames = framesAvail;
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Fill in pollfd objects.
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_BeginPolling( PaAlsaStreamComponent* self, struct pollfd* pfds )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    int ret = snd_pcm_poll_descriptors( self->pcm, pfds, self->nfds );
+    (void)ret;  /* Prevent unused variable warning if asserts are turned off */
+    assert( ret == self->nfds );
+
+    self->ready = 0;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Examine results from poll().
+ *
+ * @param pfds pollfds to inspect
+ * @param shouldPoll Should we continue to poll
+ * @param xrun Has an xrun occurred
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_EndPolling( PaAlsaStreamComponent* self, struct pollfd* pfds, int* shouldPoll, int* xrun )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    unsigned short revents;
+
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_poll_descriptors_revents( self->pcm, pfds, self->nfds, &revents ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    if( revents != 0 )
+    {
+        if( revents & POLLERR )
+        {
+            *xrun = 1;
+        }
+        else
+            self->ready = 1;
+
+        *shouldPoll = 0;
+    }
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Return the number of available frames for this stream.
+ *
+ * @concern FullDuplex The minimum available for the two directions is calculated, it might be desirable to ignore
+ * one direction however (not marked ready from poll), so this is controlled by queryCapture and queryPlayback.
+ *
+ * @param queryCapture Check available for capture
+ * @param queryPlayback Check available for playback
+ * @param available The returned number of frames
+ * @param xrunOccurred Return whether an xrun has occurred
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStream_GetAvailableFrames( PaAlsaStream *self, int queryCapture, int queryPlayback, unsigned long
+        *available, int *xrunOccurred )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    unsigned long captureFrames, playbackFrames;
+    *xrunOccurred = 0;
+
+    assert( queryCapture || queryPlayback );
+
+    if( queryCapture )
+    {
+        assert( self->capture.pcm );
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_GetAvailableFrames( &self->capture, &captureFrames, xrunOccurred ) );
+        if( *xrunOccurred )
+        {
+            goto end;
+        }
+    }
+    if( queryPlayback )
+    {
+        assert( self->playback.pcm );
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_GetAvailableFrames( &self->playback, &playbackFrames, xrunOccurred ) );
+        if( *xrunOccurred )
+        {
+            goto end;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if( queryCapture && queryPlayback )
+    {
+        *available = PA_MIN( captureFrames, playbackFrames );
+        /*PA_DEBUG(("capture: %lu, playback: %lu, combined: %lu\n", captureFrames, playbackFrames, *available));*/
+    }
+    else if( queryCapture )
+    {
+        *available = captureFrames;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        *available = playbackFrames;
+    }
+
+end:
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Wait for and report available buffer space from ALSA.
+ *
+ * Unless ALSA reports a minimum of frames available for I/O, we poll the ALSA filedescriptors for more.
+ * Both of these operations can uncover xrun conditions.
+ *
+ * @concern Xruns Both polling and querying available frames can report an xrun condition.
+ *
+ * @param framesAvail Return the number of available frames
+ * @param xrunOccurred Return whether an xrun has occurred
+ */ 
+static PaError PaAlsaStream_WaitForFrames( PaAlsaStream *self, unsigned long *framesAvail, int *xrunOccurred )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    int pollPlayback = self->playback.pcm != NULL, pollCapture = self->capture.pcm != NULL;
+    int pollTimeout = self->pollTimeout;
+    int xrun = 0;
+
+    assert( self );
+    assert( framesAvail );
+
+    if( !self->callbackMode )
+    {
+        /* In blocking mode we will only wait if necessary */
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_GetAvailableFrames( self, self->capture.pcm != NULL, self->playback.pcm != NULL,
+                    framesAvail, &xrun ) );
+        if( xrun )
+        {
+            goto end;
+        }
+
+        if( *framesAvail > 0 )
+        {
+            /* Mark pcms ready from poll */
+            if( self->capture.pcm )
+                self->capture.ready = 1;
+            if( self->playback.pcm )
+                self->playback.ready = 1;
+
+            goto end;
+        }
+    }
+
+    while( pollPlayback || pollCapture )
+    {
+        int totalFds = 0;
+        struct pollfd *capturePfds = NULL, *playbackPfds = NULL;
+
+        pthread_testcancel();
+
+        if( pollCapture )
+        {
+            capturePfds = self->pfds;
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_BeginPolling( &self->capture, capturePfds ) );
+            totalFds += self->capture.nfds;
+        }
+        if( pollPlayback )
+        {
+            playbackPfds = self->pfds + (self->capture.pcm ? self->capture.nfds : 0);
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_BeginPolling( &self->playback, playbackPfds ) );
+            totalFds += self->playback.nfds;
+        }
+        
+        if( poll( self->pfds, totalFds, pollTimeout ) < 0 )
+        {
+            /*  XXX: Depend on preprocessor condition? */
+            if( errno == EINTR )
+            {
+                /* gdb */
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            /* TODO: Add macro for checking system calls */
+            PA_ENSURE( paInternalError );
+        }
+
+        /* check the return status of our pfds */
+        if( pollCapture )
+        {
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_EndPolling( &self->capture, capturePfds, &pollCapture, &xrun ) );
+        }
+        if( pollPlayback )
+        {
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_EndPolling( &self->playback, playbackPfds, &pollPlayback, &xrun ) );
+        }
+        if( xrun )
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        /* @concern FullDuplex If only one of two pcms is ready we may want to compromise between the two.
+         * If there is less than half a period's worth of samples left of frames in the other pcm's buffer we will
+         * stop polling.
+         */
+        if( self->capture.pcm && self->playback.pcm )
+        {
+            if( pollCapture && !pollPlayback )
+            {
+                PA_ENSURE( ContinuePoll( self, StreamDirection_In, &pollTimeout, &pollCapture ) );
+            }
+            else if( pollPlayback && !pollCapture )
+            {
+                PA_ENSURE( ContinuePoll( self, StreamDirection_Out, &pollTimeout, &pollPlayback ) );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if( !xrun )
+    {
+        /* Get the number of available frames for the pcms that are marked ready.
+         * @concern FullDuplex If only one direction is marked ready (from poll), the number of frames available for
+         * the other direction is returned. Output is normally preferred over capture however, so capture frames may be
+         * discarded to avoid overrun unless paNeverDropInput is specified.
+         */
+        int captureReady = self->capture.pcm ? self->capture.ready : 0,
+            playbackReady = self->playback.pcm ? self->playback.ready : 0;
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_GetAvailableFrames( self, captureReady, playbackReady, framesAvail, &xrun ) );
+
+        if( self->capture.pcm && self->playback.pcm )
+        {
+            if( !self->playback.ready && !self->neverDropInput )
+            {
+                /* Drop input, a period's worth */
+                assert( self->capture.ready );
+                PaAlsaStreamComponent_EndProcessing( &self->capture, PA_MIN( self->capture.framesPerBuffer,
+                            *framesAvail ), &xrun );
+                *framesAvail = 0;
+                self->capture.ready = 0;
+            }
+        }
+        else if( self->capture.pcm )
+            assert( self->capture.ready );
+        else
+            assert( self->playback.ready );
+    }
+
+end:
+error:
+    if( xrun )
+    {
+        /* Recover from the xrun state */
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_HandleXrun( self ) );
+        *framesAvail = 0;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if( 0 != *framesAvail )
+        {
+            /* If we're reporting frames eligible for processing, one of the handles better be ready */
+            PA_UNLESS( self->capture.ready || self->playback.ready, paInternalError );
+        }
+    }
+    *xrunOccurred = xrun;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Register per-channel ALSA buffer information with buffer processor.
+ *
+ * Mmapped buffer space is acquired from ALSA, and registered with the buffer processor. Differences between the
+ * number of host and user channels is taken into account.
+ * 
+ * @param numFrames On entrance the number of requested frames, on exit the number of contiguously accessible frames.
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStreamComponent_RegisterChannels( PaAlsaStreamComponent* self, PaUtilBufferProcessor* bp,
+        unsigned long* numFrames, int* xrun )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    const snd_pcm_channel_area_t *areas, *area;
+    void (*setChannel)(PaUtilBufferProcessor *, unsigned int, void *, unsigned int) =
+        StreamDirection_In == self->streamDir ? PaUtil_SetInputChannel : PaUtil_SetOutputChannel;
+    unsigned char *buffer, *p;
+    int i;
+    unsigned long framesAvail;
+
+    /* This _must_ be called before mmap_begin */
+    PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_GetAvailableFrames( self, &framesAvail, xrun ) );
+    if( *xrun )
+    {
+        *numFrames = 0;
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    ENSURE_( snd_pcm_mmap_begin( self->pcm, &areas, &self->offset, numFrames ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+    if( self->hostInterleaved )
+    {
+        int swidth = snd_pcm_format_size( self->nativeFormat, 1 );
+
+        p = buffer = ExtractAddress( areas, self->offset );
+        for( i = 0; i < self->numUserChannels; ++i )
+        {
+            /* We're setting the channels up to userChannels, but the stride will be hostChannels samples */
+            setChannel( bp, i, p, self->numHostChannels );
+            p += swidth;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        for( i = 0; i < self->numUserChannels; ++i )
+        {
+            area = areas + i;
+            buffer = ExtractAddress( area, self->offset );
+            setChannel( bp, i, buffer, 1 );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* @concern ChannelAdaption Buffer address is recorded so we can do some channel adaption later */
+    self->channelAreas = (snd_pcm_channel_area_t *)areas;
+
+end:
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Initiate buffer processing.
+ *
+ * ALSA buffers are registered with the PA buffer processor and the buffer size (in frames) set.
+ *
+ * @concern FullDuplex If both directions are being processed, the minimum amount of frames for the two directions is
+ * calculated.
+ *
+ * @param numFrames On entrance the number of available frames, on exit the number of received frames
+ * @param xrunOccurred Return whether an xrun has occurred
+ */
+static PaError PaAlsaStream_SetUpBuffers( PaAlsaStream* self, unsigned long* numFrames, int* xrunOccurred )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    unsigned long captureFrames = ULONG_MAX, playbackFrames = ULONG_MAX, commonFrames = 0;
+    int xrun = 0;
+
+    if( *xrunOccurred )
+    {
+        *numFrames = 0;
+        return result;
+    }
+    /* If we got here at least one of the pcm's should be marked ready */
+    PA_UNLESS( self->capture.ready || self->playback.ready, paInternalError );
+
+    /* Extract per-channel ALSA buffer pointers and register them with the buffer processor.
+     * It is possible that a direction is not marked ready however, because it is out of sync with the other.
+     */
+    if( self->capture.pcm && self->capture.ready )
+    {
+        captureFrames = *numFrames;
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_RegisterChannels( &self->capture, &self->bufferProcessor, &captureFrames, 
+                    &xrun ) );
+    }
+    if( self->playback.pcm && self->playback.ready )
+    {
+        playbackFrames = *numFrames;
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_RegisterChannels( &self->playback, &self->bufferProcessor, &playbackFrames, 
+                    &xrun ) );
+    }
+    if( xrun )
+    {
+        /* Nothing more to do */
+        assert( 0 == commonFrames );
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    commonFrames = PA_MIN( captureFrames, playbackFrames );
+    /* assert( commonFrames <= *numFrames ); */
+    if( commonFrames > *numFrames )
+    {
+        /* Hmmm ... how come there are more frames available than we requested!? Blah. */
+        PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Common available frames are reported to be more than number requested: %lu, %lu, callbackMode: %d\n", __FUNCTION__,
+                    commonFrames, *numFrames, self->callbackMode ));
+        if( self->capture.pcm )
+        {
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: captureFrames: %lu, capture.ready: %d\n", __FUNCTION__, captureFrames, self->capture.ready ));
+        }
+        if( self->playback.pcm )
+        {
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: playbackFrames: %lu, playback.ready: %d\n", __FUNCTION__, playbackFrames, self->playback.ready ));
+        }
+        
+        commonFrames = 0;
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    /* Inform PortAudio of the number of frames we got.
+     * @concern FullDuplex We might be experiencing underflow in either end; if its an input underflow, we go on
+     * with output. If its output underflow however, depending on the paNeverDropInput flag, we may want to simply
+     * discard the excess input or call the callback with paOutputOverflow flagged.
+     */
+    if( self->capture.pcm )
+    {
+        if( self->capture.ready )
+        {
+            PaUtil_SetInputFrameCount( &self->bufferProcessor, commonFrames );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            /* We have input underflow */
+            PaUtil_SetNoInput( &self->bufferProcessor );
+        }
+    }
+    if( self->playback.pcm )
+    {
+        if( self->playback.ready )
+        {
+            PaUtil_SetOutputFrameCount( &self->bufferProcessor, commonFrames );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            /* We have output underflow, but keeping input data (paNeverDropInput) */
+            assert( self->neverDropInput );
+            assert( self->capture.pcm != NULL );
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Setting output buffers to NULL\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+            PaUtil_SetNoOutput( &self->bufferProcessor );
+        }
+    }
+    
+end:
+    *numFrames = commonFrames;
+error:
+    if( xrun )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_HandleXrun( self ) );
+        *numFrames = 0;
+    }
+    *xrunOccurred = xrun;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/** Callback thread's function.
+ *
+ * Roughly, the workflow can be described in the following way: The number of available frames that can be processed
+ * directly is obtained from ALSA, we then request as much directly accessible memory as possible within this amount
+ * from ALSA. The buffer memory is registered with the PA buffer processor and processing is carried out with
+ * PaUtil_EndBufferProcessing. Finally, the number of processed frames is reported to ALSA. The processing can
+ * happen in several iterations untill we have consumed the known number of available frames (or an xrun is detected).
+ */
+static void *CallbackThreadFunc( void *userData )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream*) userData;
+    PaStreamCallbackTimeInfo timeInfo = {0, 0, 0};
+    snd_pcm_sframes_t startThreshold = 0;
+    int callbackResult = paContinue;
+    PaStreamCallbackFlags cbFlags = 0;  /* We might want to keep state across iterations */
+    int streamStarted = 0;
+
+    assert( stream );
+
+    /* Execute OnExit when exiting */
+    pthread_cleanup_push( &OnExit, stream );
+
+    /* Not implemented */
+    assert( !stream->primeBuffers );
+
+    /* @concern StreamStart If the output is being primed the output pcm needs to be prepared, otherwise the
+     * stream is started immediately. The latter involves signaling the waiting main thread.
+     */
+    if( stream->primeBuffers )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_sframes_t avail;
+        
+        if( stream->playback.pcm )
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_prepare( stream->playback.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        if( stream->capture.pcm && !stream->pcmsSynced )
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_prepare( stream->capture.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+        /* We can't be certain that the whole ring buffer is available for priming, but there should be
+         * at least one period */
+        avail = snd_pcm_avail_update( stream->playback.pcm );
+        startThreshold = avail - (avail % stream->playback.framesPerBuffer);
+        assert( startThreshold >= stream->playback.framesPerBuffer );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( PaUnixThread_PrepareNotify( &stream->thread ) );
+        /* Buffer will be zeroed */
+        PA_ENSURE( AlsaStart( stream, 0 ) );
+        PA_ENSURE( PaUnixThread_NotifyParent( &stream->thread ) );
+
+        streamStarted = 1;
+    }
+
+    while( 1 )
+    {
+        unsigned long framesAvail, framesGot;
+        int xrun = 0;
+
+        pthread_testcancel();
+
+        /* @concern StreamStop if the main thread has requested a stop and the stream has not been effectively
+         * stopped we signal this condition by modifying callbackResult (we'll want to flush buffered output).
+         */
+        if( PaUnixThread_StopRequested( &stream->thread ) && paContinue == callbackResult )
+        {
+            PA_DEBUG(( "Setting callbackResult to paComplete\n" ));
+            callbackResult = paComplete;
+        }
+
+        if( paContinue != callbackResult )
+        {
+            stream->callbackAbort = (paAbort == callbackResult);
+            if( stream->callbackAbort ||
+                    /** @concern BlockAdaption: Go on if adaption buffers are empty */
+                    PaUtil_IsBufferProcessorOutputEmpty( &stream->bufferProcessor ) ) 
+            {
+                goto end;
+            }
+
+            PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Flushing buffer processor\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+            /* There is still buffered output that needs to be processed */
+        }
+
+        /* Wait for data to become available, this comes down to polling the ALSA file descriptors untill we have
+         * a number of available frames.
+         */
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_WaitForFrames( stream, &framesAvail, &xrun ) );
+        if( xrun )
+        {
+            assert( 0 == framesAvail );
+            continue;
+
+            /* XXX: Report xruns to the user? A situation is conceivable where the callback is never invoked due
+             * to constant xruns, it might be desirable to notify the user of this.
+             */
+        }
+
+        /* Consume buffer space. Once we have a number of frames available for consumption we must retrieve the
+         * mmapped buffers from ALSA, this is contiguously accessible memory however, so we may receive smaller
+         * portions at a time than is available as a whole. Therefore we should be prepared to process several
+         * chunks successively. The buffers are passed to the PA buffer processor.
+         */
+        while( framesAvail > 0 )
+        {
+            xrun = 0;
+
+            pthread_testcancel();
+
+            /** @concern Xruns Under/overflows are to be reported to the callback */
+            if( stream->underrun > 0.0 )
+            {
+                cbFlags |= paOutputUnderflow;
+                stream->underrun = 0.0;
+            }
+            if( stream->overrun > 0.0 )
+            {
+                cbFlags |= paInputOverflow;
+                stream->overrun = 0.0;
+            }
+            if( stream->capture.pcm && stream->playback.pcm )
+            {
+                /** @concern FullDuplex It's possible that only one direction is being processed to avoid an
+                 * under- or overflow, this should be reported correspondingly */
+                if( !stream->capture.ready )
+                {
+                    cbFlags |= paInputUnderflow;
+                    PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Input underflow\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+                }
+                else if( !stream->playback.ready )
+                {
+                    cbFlags |= paOutputOverflow;
+                    PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Output overflow\n", __FUNCTION__ ));
+                }
+            }
+
+#if 0
+            CallbackUpdate( &stream->threading );
+#endif
+            CalculateTimeInfo( stream, &timeInfo );
+            PaUtil_BeginBufferProcessing( &stream->bufferProcessor, &timeInfo, cbFlags );
+            cbFlags = 0;
+
+            /* CPU load measurement should include processing activivity external to the stream callback */
+            PaUtil_BeginCpuLoadMeasurement( &stream->cpuLoadMeasurer );
+
+            framesGot = framesAvail;
+            if( paUtilFixedHostBufferSize == stream->bufferProcessor.hostBufferSizeMode )
+            {
+                /* We've committed to a fixed host buffer size, stick to that */
+                framesGot = framesGot >= stream->maxFramesPerHostBuffer ? stream->maxFramesPerHostBuffer : 0;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                /* We've committed to an upper bound on the size of host buffers */
+                assert( paUtilBoundedHostBufferSize == stream->bufferProcessor.hostBufferSizeMode );
+                framesGot = PA_MIN( framesGot, stream->maxFramesPerHostBuffer );
+            }
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_SetUpBuffers( stream, &framesGot, &xrun ) );
+            /* Check the host buffer size against the buffer processor configuration */
+            framesAvail -= framesGot;
+
+            if( framesGot > 0 )
+            {
+                assert( !xrun );
+                PaUtil_EndBufferProcessing( &stream->bufferProcessor, &callbackResult );
+                PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_EndProcessing( stream, framesGot, &xrun ) );
+            }
+            PaUtil_EndCpuLoadMeasurement( &stream->cpuLoadMeasurer, framesGot );
+
+            if( 0 == framesGot )
+            {
+                /* Go back to polling for more frames */
+                break;
+
+            }
+
+            if( paContinue != callbackResult )
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Match pthread_cleanup_push */
+    pthread_cleanup_pop( 1 );
+
+end:
+    PA_DEBUG(( "%s: Thread %d exiting\n ", __FUNCTION__, pthread_self() ));
+    PaUnixThreading_EXIT( result );
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+/* Blocking interface */
+
+static PaError ReadStream( PaStream* s, void *buffer, unsigned long frames )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream*)s;
+    unsigned long framesGot, framesAvail;
+    void *userBuffer;
+    snd_pcm_t *save = stream->playback.pcm;
+
+    assert( stream );
+
+    PA_UNLESS( stream->capture.pcm, paCanNotReadFromAnOutputOnlyStream );
+
+    /* Disregard playback */
+    stream->playback.pcm = NULL;
+
+    if( stream->overrun > 0. )
+    {
+        result = paInputOverflowed;
+        stream->overrun = 0.0;
+    }
+
+    if( stream->capture.userInterleaved )
+    {
+        userBuffer = buffer;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* Copy channels into local array */
+        userBuffer = stream->capture.userBuffers;
+        memcpy( userBuffer, buffer, sizeof (void *) * stream->capture.numUserChannels );
+    }
+
+    /* Start stream if in prepared state */
+    if( snd_pcm_state( stream->capture.pcm ) == SND_PCM_STATE_PREPARED )
+    {
+        ENSURE_( snd_pcm_start( stream->capture.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+    }
+
+    while( frames > 0 )
+    {
+        int xrun = 0;
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_WaitForFrames( stream, &framesAvail, &xrun ) );
+        framesGot = PA_MIN( framesAvail, frames );
+
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_SetUpBuffers( stream, &framesGot, &xrun ) );
+        if( framesGot > 0 )
+        {
+            framesGot = PaUtil_CopyInput( &stream->bufferProcessor, &userBuffer, framesGot );
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_EndProcessing( stream, framesGot, &xrun ) );
+            frames -= framesGot;
+        }
+    }
+
+end:
+    stream->playback.pcm = save;
+    return result;
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+static PaError WriteStream( PaStream* s, const void *buffer, unsigned long frames )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    signed long err;
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream*)s;
+    snd_pcm_uframes_t framesGot, framesAvail;
+    const void *userBuffer;
+    snd_pcm_t *save = stream->capture.pcm;
+    
+    assert( stream );
+
+    PA_UNLESS( stream->playback.pcm, paCanNotWriteToAnInputOnlyStream );
+
+    /* Disregard capture */
+    stream->capture.pcm = NULL;
+
+    if( stream->underrun > 0. )
+    {
+        result = paOutputUnderflowed;
+        stream->underrun = 0.0;
+    }
+
+    if( stream->playback.userInterleaved )
+        userBuffer = buffer;
+    else /* Copy channels into local array */
+    {
+        userBuffer = stream->playback.userBuffers;
+        memcpy( (void *)userBuffer, buffer, sizeof (void *) * stream->playback.numUserChannels );
+    }
+
+    while( frames > 0 )
+    {
+        int xrun = 0;
+        snd_pcm_uframes_t hwAvail;
+
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_WaitForFrames( stream, &framesAvail, &xrun ) );
+        framesGot = PA_MIN( framesAvail, frames );
+
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_SetUpBuffers( stream, &framesGot, &xrun ) );
+        if( framesGot > 0 )
+        {
+            framesGot = PaUtil_CopyOutput( &stream->bufferProcessor, &userBuffer, framesGot );
+            PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_EndProcessing( stream, framesGot, &xrun ) );
+            frames -= framesGot;
+        }
+
+        /* Start stream after one period of samples worth */
+
+        /* Frames residing in buffer */
+        PA_ENSURE( err = GetStreamWriteAvailable( stream ) );
+        framesAvail = err;
+        hwAvail = stream->playback.bufferSize - framesAvail;
+
+        if( snd_pcm_state( stream->playback.pcm ) == SND_PCM_STATE_PREPARED &&
+                hwAvail >= stream->playback.framesPerBuffer )
+        {
+            ENSURE_( snd_pcm_start( stream->playback.pcm ), paUnanticipatedHostError );
+        }
+    }
+
+end:
+    stream->capture.pcm = save;
+    return result;
+error:
+    goto end;
+}
+
+/* Return frames available for reading. In the event of an overflow, the capture pcm will be restarted */
+static signed long GetStreamReadAvailable( PaStream* s )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream*)s;
+    unsigned long avail;
+    int xrun;
+
+    PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_GetAvailableFrames( &stream->capture, &avail, &xrun ) );
+    if( xrun )
+    {
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_HandleXrun( stream ) );
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_GetAvailableFrames( &stream->capture, &avail, &xrun ) );
+        if( xrun )
+            PA_ENSURE( paInputOverflowed );
+    }
+
+    return (signed long)avail;
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+static signed long GetStreamWriteAvailable( PaStream* s )
+{
+    PaError result = paNoError;
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream*)s;
+    unsigned long avail;
+    int xrun;
+
+    PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStreamComponent_GetAvailableFrames( &stream->playback, &avail, &xrun ) );
+    if( xrun )
+    {
+        snd_pcm_sframes_t savail;
+
+        PA_ENSURE( PaAlsaStream_HandleXrun( stream ) );
+        savail = snd_pcm_avail_update( stream->playback.pcm );
+
+        /* savail should not contain -EPIPE now, since PaAlsaStream_HandleXrun will only prepare the pcm */
+        ENSURE_( savail, paUnanticipatedHostError );
+
+        avail = (unsigned long) savail;
+    }
+
+    return (signed long)avail;
+
+error:
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* Extensions */
+
+/* Initialize host api specific structure */
+void PaAlsa_InitializeStreamInfo( PaAlsaStreamInfo *info )
+{
+    info->size = sizeof (PaAlsaStreamInfo);
+    info->hostApiType = paALSA;
+    info->version = 1;
+    info->deviceString = NULL;
+}
+
+void PaAlsa_EnableRealtimeScheduling( PaStream *s, int enable )
+{
+#if 0
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream *) s;
+    stream->threading.rtSched = enable;
+#endif
+}
+
+void PaAlsa_EnableWatchdog( PaStream *s, int enable )
+{
+#if 0
+    PaAlsaStream *stream = (PaAlsaStream *) s;
+    stream->threading.useWatchdog = enable;
+#endif
+}