[alsa-devel] Handle large period size end-of-stream situation

Hi,

I am dealing with a use case requiring passing large buffer down to the DSP. Application in the user-space passes PCM through mmap interface. Per my understanding, ALSA is designed to work with DMA. Data is transferred in chunk equal to period size. At the end of playback, there may not be enough audio data left in the music stream to fill entire period. If remaining audio data only takes up very small chunk of period, playback takes longer to stop. Given that period size I have to deal with is quite large, this problem is observed easily. If my understanding is correct, what is the standard/recommended way of handling end of stream case?

Thanks Patrick