Here's a script showing the issue. It builds JACK in 64 bits, then in 32 bits in another output directory.
Then, it launches the 64-bit JACK server.
Then, it launches a 32-bit example client, whose "process" function is never called.
Cloning into '/tmp/jack-test/jack'...
/tmp/jack-test/jack ~/source/jack2
Setting top to : /tmp/jack-test/jack
Setting out to : /tmp/jack-test/jack/bin/64
Checking for 'g++' (C++ compiler) : g++ -m64
Checking for 'gcc' (C compiler) : gcc -m64
Checking platform : Linux
Checking for program 'pkg-config' : /usr/bin/pkg-config
Checking for 'alsa' >= 1.0.18 : yes
Checking for 'libffado' >= 1.999.17 : not found
Checking for 'libfreebob' >= 1.0.0 : not found
Checking for 'gtkIOStream' >= 1.4.0 : not found
Checking for 'eigen3' >= 3.1.2 : not found
Checking for header mmsystem.h : not found
Checking for 'celt' >= 0.11.0 : not found
Checking for 'celt' >= 0.8.0 : not found
Checking for 'celt' >= 0.7.0 : not found
Checking for 'celt' >= 0.5.0 : not found
Checking for library readline : yes
Checking for header readline/readline.h : yes
Checking for function ppoll : yes
==================
JACK 1.9.11 svn revision will checked and eventually updated during build
Maximum JACK clients : 64
Maximum ports per application : 768
Install prefix : /usr/local
Library directory : /usr/local/lib
Drivers directory : /usr/local/lib/jack
Build debuggable binaries : yes
C compiler flags : ['-Wall', '-g']
C++ compiler flags : ['-Wall', '-g']
Linker flags : ['-g']
Build with engine profiling : no
Build with 32/64 bits mixed mode : no
Build standard JACK (jackd) : yes
Build D-Bus JACK (jackdbus) : no
Autostart method : classic
Build doxygen documentation : no
Enable ALSA driver : yes
Enable FireWire driver (FFADO) : no
Enable FreeBob driver : no
Enable IIO driver : no
Enable Portaudio driver : no
Enable WinMME driver : no
Build with CELT : no
Build Opus netjack2 : no
Build with libsamplerate : no
Build with libsndfile : no
Build with readline : yes
'configure' finished successfully (0.365s)
Waf: Entering directory `/tmp/jack-test/jack/bin/64'
[ 2/210] Compiling jack.pc.in
[ 2/210] Compiling svnversion_regenerate.sh
Generated /tmp/jack-test/jack/bin/64/svnversion.h (0+ff1ed2c4524095055140370c1008a2d9cccc5645)
[ 3/210] Compiling example-clients/ipunload.c
[ 4/210] Compiling example-clients/latent_client.c
[ 5/210] Compiling example-clients/simple_session_client.c
[ 6/210] Compiling example-clients/zombie.c
[ 7/210] Compiling example-clients/metro.c
[ 8/210] Compiling example-clients/lsp.c
[ 9/210] Compiling example-clients/session_notify.c
* snip *
[204/210] Linking bin/64/example-clients/jack_server_control
[205/210] Linking bin/64/common/profiler.so
[206/210] Linking bin/64/jackd
[207/210] Linking bin/64/example-clients/inprocess.so
[208/210] Linking bin/64/common/netmanager.so
[209/210] Symlinking bin/64/common/libjack.so
[210/210] Symlinking bin/64/common/libjackserver.so
Waf: Leaving directory `/tmp/jack-test/jack/bin/64'
'build' finished successfully (7.416s)
Setting top to : /tmp/jack-test/jack
Setting out to : /tmp/jack-test/jack/bin/32
Checking for 'g++' (C++ compiler) : g++ -m32
Checking for 'gcc' (C compiler) : gcc -m32
Checking platform : Linux
Checking for program 'pkg-config' : /usr/bin/pkg-config
Checking for 'alsa' >= 1.0.18 : yes
Checking for 'libffado' >= 1.999.17 : not found
Checking for 'libfreebob' >= 1.0.0 : not found
Checking for 'gtkIOStream' >= 1.4.0 : not found
Checking for 'eigen3' >= 3.1.2 : not found
Checking for header mmsystem.h : not found
Checking for 'celt' >= 0.11.0 : not found
Checking for 'celt' >= 0.8.0 : not found
Checking for 'celt' >= 0.7.0 : not found
Checking for 'celt' >= 0.5.0 : not found
Checking for library readline : not found
Checking for header readline/readline.h : yes
Checking for function ppoll : yes
==================
JACK 1.9.11 svn revision will checked and eventually updated during build
Maximum JACK clients : 64
Maximum ports per application : 768
Install prefix : /usr/local
Library directory : /usr/local/lib
Drivers directory : /usr/local/lib/jack
Build debuggable binaries : yes
C compiler flags : ['-Wall', '-g']
C++ compiler flags : ['-Wall', '-g']
Linker flags : ['-g']
Build with engine profiling : no
Build with 32/64 bits mixed mode : no
Build standard JACK (jackd) : yes
Build D-Bus JACK (jackdbus) : no
Autostart method : classic
Build doxygen documentation : no
Enable ALSA driver : yes
Enable FireWire driver (FFADO) : no
Enable FreeBob driver : no
Enable IIO driver : no
Enable Portaudio driver : no
Enable WinMME driver : no
Build with CELT : no
Build Opus netjack2 : no
Build with libsamplerate : no
Build with libsndfile : no
Build with readline : no
'configure' finished successfully (0.243s)
Waf: Entering directory `/tmp/jack-test/jack/bin/32'
[ 1/208] Compiling jack.pc.in
[ 2/208] Compiling svnversion_regenerate.sh
Generated /tmp/jack-test/jack/bin/32/svnversion.h (0+ff1ed2c4524095055140370c1008a2d9cccc5645)
[ 3/208] Compiling tests/cpu.c
[ 4/208] Compiling example-clients/inprocess.c
[ 5/208] Compiling common/netjack_packet.c
[ 6/208] Compiling example-clients/wait.c
* snip *
[198/208] Linking bin/32/example-clients/jack_samplerate
[199/208] Linking bin/32/tests/jack_test
[200/208] Linking bin/32/common/libjackserver.so
[201/208] Linking bin/32/jack_net.so
[202/208] Linking bin/32/example-clients/inprocess.so
[203/208] Linking bin/32/common/profiler.so
[204/208] Linking bin/32/example-clients/jack_server_control
[205/208] Linking bin/32/jackd
[206/208] Linking bin/32/common/netmanager.so
[207/208] Symlinking bin/32/common/libjackserver.so
[208/208] Symlinking bin/32/common/libjack.so
Waf: Leaving directory `/tmp/jack-test/jack/bin/32'
'build' finished successfully (7.235s)
jackdmp 1.9.11
Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
Copyright 2004-2016 Grame.
jackdmp comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10
self-connect-mode is "Don't restrict self connect requests"
JackEngine::XRun: client = jack_simple_client was not finished, state = Triggered
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
JackEngine::XRun: client = jack_simple_client was not finished, state = Triggered
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
JackEngine::XRun: client = jack_simple_client was not finished, state = Triggered
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
JackEngine::XRun: client = jack_simple_client was not finished, state = Triggered
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
JackEngine::XRun: client = jack_simple_client was not finished, state = Triggered
JackEngine::XRun: client = jack_simple_client was not finished, state = Triggered
JackAudioDriver::ProcessGraphAsyncMaster: Process error
JackEngine::XRun: client = jack_simple_client was not finished, state = Triggered
Here's a script showing the issue. It builds JACK in 64 bits, then in 32 bits in another output directory. Then, it launches the 64-bit JACK server. Then, it launches a 32-bit example client, whose "process" function is never called.
Here's the output I get: