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[Bug 1274115] Re: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large

 

similar issue here- 
laptop freezes and get this message in the log.

thinkpad carbon x1 (2nd gen)
ubuntu 15.04

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Title:
  snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large

Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Sometimese sound begins stutter while listen to music or watching youtube. In syslog I see:
  Jan 29 16:31:08 bazilio-laptop pulseaudio[2155]: [alsa-sink-ALC271X Analog] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 866944 bytes (4914 ms).
  Jan 29 16:31:08 bazilio-laptop pulseaudio[2155]: [alsa-sink-ALC271X Analog] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.

  I'm using Kubuntu 13.10
  $ uname -a
  Linux bazilio-laptop 3.11.0-15-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 9 18:17:04 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  $ kde4-config --version
  Qt: 4.8.4
  KDE Development Platform: 4.12.0
  kde4-config: 1.0
  $ pulseaudio --version
  pulseaudio 4.0
  $ alsactl --version
  alsactl version 1.0.27.1

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