Setting the threshold to the size of the buffer results in additional filling each time a period elapses. As draining is usually initiated with a rather full buffer, this would usually result in filling way in excess of what was intended. A sufficient threshold is the required worst-case fill, that is, one period size plus the "overhang". Signed-off-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@xxxxxx> --- This patch is entirely untested! But it's derived from my previously posted v3 kernel patch, which was successfully tested. --- src/pcm/pcm_hw.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pcm/pcm_hw.c b/src/pcm/pcm_hw.c index ecc47a76..a5f87215 100644 --- a/src/pcm/pcm_hw.c +++ b/src/pcm/pcm_hw.c @@ -764,12 +764,11 @@ static int snd_pcm_hw_drain(snd_pcm_t *pcm) } silence_size += silence_slack; if (sw_params.silence_size < silence_size) { - /* fill the silence soon as possible (in the bellow ioctl - * or the next period wake up) - */ - sw_params.silence_threshold = pcm->buffer_size; - if (silence_size > pcm->buffer_size) - silence_size = pcm->buffer_size; + sw_params.silence_threshold = pcm->period_size + silence_slack; + if (sw_params.silence_threshold > pcm->buffer_size) + sw_params.silence_threshold = pcm->buffer_size; + if (silence_size > sw_params.silence_threshold) + silence_size = sw_params.silence_threshold; sw_params.silence_size = silence_size; if (ioctl(hw->fd, SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_SW_PARAMS, &sw_params) < 0) { err = -errno; -- 2.40.0.152.g15d061e6df