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Bug 600311 - alsa-utils fail after a few minutes playing audio/video
Summary: alsa-utils fail after a few minutes playing audio/video
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Jaroslav Kysela
QA Contact: desktop-bugs@redhat.com
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 590159
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-06-04 12:22 UTC by Nikola Pajkovsky
Modified: 2014-02-02 22:14 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-11-11 15:53:15 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Description Nikola Pajkovsky 2010-06-04 12:22:23 UTC
When I listen/watch audio/video every time approximately after 15min alsa fail. 
What is worst it works in beta1 so its a regression.


$ cat /var/log/messages
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 18446744073709545204 bytes (418293516374 ms).
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 16384
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 8192
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 185759
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 15239
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 4611686018427387904
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 16384
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 8192
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 185759
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 15239
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 4611686018427387904
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 460523076
Jun  4 14:11:08 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 460505089
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_delay() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 382000 bytes (2165 ms).
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 16384
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 8192
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 185759
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 15239
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 4611686018427387904
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 16384
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 8192
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 185759
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 15239
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 4611686018427387904
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 4611686018427387904
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 476365332
Jun  4 14:17:06 redhat pulseaudio[2548]: alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 476269832

How reproducible:
Just watch or listen video/audio

Comment 3 Michal Hlavinka 2010-06-17 08:47:09 UTC
I see the same bug with:
# rpm -qa 'alsa*' kernel | sort
alsa-lib-1.0.21-3.el6.i686
alsa-lib-1.0.21-3.el6.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.21-3.el6.i686
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.21-3.el6.x86_64
alsa-utils-1.0.21-3.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-33.el6.x86_64

Comment 4 Nikola Pajkovsky 2010-06-17 12:34:54 UTC
$ uname -r
2.6.32-36.el6.x86_64

Comment 5 Aristeu Rozanski 2010-07-01 16:13:19 UTC
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-42.el6

Comment 7 Vladimir Benes 2010-07-02 09:19:14 UTC
Michal, could you please retest and verify patches in comment #6?
thanks

Comment 8 Vladimir Benes 2010-07-02 11:31:13 UTC
ok I've also hit the problem with older kernel using Lenovo T410. Now after upgrading to -42 I can play audio without any problem...
-> VERIFIED

Comment 9 releng-rhel@redhat.com 2010-11-11 15:53:15 UTC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.


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