Regression: alsa support became stuttery

• PipeWire version (pipewire --version): 1.0.0
• Distribution and distribution version (PRETTY_NAME from /etc/os-release): Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition)
• Desktop Environment: Gnome
• Kernel version (uname -r): 6.6.6-200.fc39.x86_64

Description of Problem:

Originally manifested as sound being laggy in mednafen - after a short while sound output would become stuttery. More details here: https://forum.fobby.net/index.php?t=msg&th=2172&start=0&

How Reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:

1. g++ -Wall -O2 -o alsapwstress alsapwstress.cpp -lasound -lm
2. ./alsapwstress

Actual Results:

Beep becomes interrupted and the following gets output to the console: ALSA_Write() took 200 ms to write 0.333 ms samples! XRUN

Expected Results:

Sound does not get laggy

Additional Info (as attachments):

alsapwstress.cpp