> Alsamixergui aslo still segfaults (with double
> segfault as it actually did before):
> 
> bad: scheduling while atomic!
>  [<c02989a3>] schedule+0x463/0x470
>  [<c014a984>] vfs_write+0xe4/0x120
>  [<c014aa58>] sys_write+0x38/0x60
>  [<c0103eee>] work_resched+0x5/0x16

Hi,

I got similar output here when I try to run xmms with alsa plugin.
Solved with modified sound/core/control.c. Maybe you can try this tiny
patch. :)

-- 
Best Regards,
Wen-chien Jesse Sung

--- linux/sound/core/control.c.orig	2004-07-06 18:38:55.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/sound/core/control.c	2004-07-06 18:39:30.000000000 +0800
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static ssize_t snd_ctl_read(struct file 
 			wait_queue_t wait;
 			if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) != 0 || result > 0) {
 				err = -EAGAIN;
-				goto out;
+				goto __end;
 			}
 			init_waitqueue_entry(&wait, current);
 			add_wait_queue(&ctl->change_sleep, &wait);
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ static ssize_t snd_ctl_read(struct file 
 		kfree(kev);
 		if (copy_to_user(buffer, &ev, sizeof(snd_ctl_event_t))) {
 			err = -EFAULT;
-			goto __end;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		spin_lock_irq(&ctl->read_lock);
 		buffer += sizeof(snd_ctl_event_t);