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reviewed by: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

speakersafetyd is a Rust system daemon that implements a software Smart Amp speaker protection model for Apple Silicon Macs running Linux. It reads voltage and current sense (V/ISENSE) data from a TAS2764-class codec via an ALSA capture PCM, simulates voice coil and magnet temperatures using per-machine configurable thermal parameters, and reduces speaker volume through ALSA mixer controls when temperatures approach limits. The daemon is fail-safe by design: the kernel keeps speakers volume-limited until the daemon writes an unlock magic value, and any panic causes the daemon to exit so the kernel can restore the safe state.

RATING7.7/10
QUALITY7.2/10
MAINTENANCEactive
DRIFTlow
CONTRIBUTORS12
VELOCITY0.65
OPEN ISSUES6
CLOSED ISSUES12
LAST COMMIT1 month ago
alsa (cargo) ^0.11.0
configparser (cargo) { version = "^3.1.0", features=["indexmap"] }
clap (cargo) { version = "^4.6.1", features=["derive"] }
log (cargo) ^0.4.29
clap-verbosity-flag (cargo) ^3.0.4
simple_logger (cargo) { version = "^5.2.0", default-features = false }
signal-hook (cargo) ^0.4.4
libc (cargo) ^0.2.185
Files by Type (count)
Config
23
Rust
4
Python
3
Git Ignore
1
Other (.rules)
1
Lock File
1
TOML
1
Other (no ext)
1
Makefile
1
Markdown
1
Text
1
Other (.service)
1
Files by Type (size)
Rust
31KB
Python
18KB
Config
14KB
Lock File
8KB
Markdown
3KB
Other (.rules)
2KB
Text
1KB
Other (no ext)
1KB
Makefile
1004B
TOML
513B
Other (.service)
443B
Git Ignore
53B

The LLM identified 3 files worth highlighting for reuse:

Self-contained Rust module that sets the calling process's scheduler utilization clamp (uclamp_min/uclamp_max) via raw sched_getattr/sched_setattr syscalls. It defines a #[repr(C)] SchedAttr struct and uses libc::syscall directly because libc doesn't expose these wrappers. This is safely extractable for any real-time or audio process that needs to constrain CPU frequency selection, and demonstrates non-obvious Linux scheduler API usage.

file: src/uclamp.rs ↗ | tags: #syscall-wrapper #scheduler-tuning #util-clamp

Collection of small, self-contained wrappers around the ALSA C API and configparser crate. It provides helpers for opening sound cards/PCMs, reading/writing control element values, locking elements, converting between integer and dB values, and parsing typed config keys with clear panic messages. The generic parse_int/parse_float wrappers are reusable for any Rust project using INI configs, and the ALSA wrappers are directly reusable for mixer/control applications.

file: src/helpers.rs ↗ | tags: #alsa #config-parsing #error-handling

Standalone Python script that parses Apple's proprietary CoreAudio DSP strip and audio unit preset files (plist + binary aupreset data) to extract speaker protection parameters (thermal resistances, time constants, temperature limits, channel mappings) and emit speakersafetyd config files. It decodes the binary TLV-like blocks with struct.unpack and maps numeric keys to human-readable labels for both spp3 and atsp protection modules. This is a reusable reverse-engineering tool for anyone working with Apple Silicon audio hardware or similar binary plist formats.

file: docs/audump.py ↗ | tags: #reverse-engineering #binary-parsing #apple-dsp
Last analyzed: 2026-09-29 01:15:53.944284
Next check: 2026-10-06 01:15:53.896470
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