Ubuntu
udisks package

udisks-daemon takes up too much CPU resources

Bug #525646 reported by Mark Fernandes
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udisks (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: udisks

udisks-daemon, along with udevd and gfs-gdu-volume take up too many CPU resources, keeping the load average greater than 1.00 almost always.

This bug affects the Lucid alpha 2 release.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 364342737d74ff0502628d80af85aabb
CheckboxSystem: fd8350d9b72fe6ed6c9e30db9b330e47
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 18.753736] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
 [ 18.863225] ACPI Warning for \_SB_.PCI0.P0P2.VGA_.MXMI: Excess arguments - needs 1, found 2 (20090903/nspredef-303)
 [ 18.863264] ACPI Warning for \_SB_.PCI0.P0P2.VGA_.MXMS: Excess arguments - needs 1, found 2 (20090903/nspredef-303)
 [ 31.413091] ACPI Warning for \_SB_.PCI0.P0P2.VGA_.MXMI: Excess arguments - needs 1, found 2 (20090903/nspredef-303)
 [ 31.413127] ACPI Warning for \_SB_.PCI0.P0P2.VGA_.MXMS: Excess arguments - needs 1, found 2 (20090903/nspredef-303)
Date: Mon Feb 22 04:24:10 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100220)
MachineType: System76, Inc. Bonobo Professional
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: udisks 1.0.0~git20100212.aae17d9-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-14-generic root=UUID=7eceecd9-7aec-4534-85db-522d5abddfa4 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-generic
SourcePackage: udisks
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 01/15/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 1.00.12BO
dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345
dmi.board.name: M570TU
dmi.board.vendor: CLEVO CO.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr1.00.12BO:bd01/15/2009:svnSystem76,Inc.:pnBonoboProfessional:pvrbonp2:rvnCLEVOCO.:rnM570TU:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNoEnclosure:ct9:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Bonobo Professional
dmi.product.version: bonp2
dmi.sys.vendor: System76, Inc.

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Mark Fernandes (typist) wrote :
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

They should not do anything unless GNOME is actually talking through them (e. g. palimpsest, the "disk utility in the menu; or you plug in an USB drive). Can you please do

  sudo /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon --replace

it should settle after some 2 seconds. Doesn't it for you? Do you get any permanent output? Does "top" show any activity from them?

Changed in udisks (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Mark Fernandes (typist) wrote :

Thanks for the feedback.

I tried doing what you asked but it did not go away. Besides that command stays in the foreground and does not return control back to me unless I terminate it with Ctrl+C. Even if I put it into the background top still shows udisks-daemon as being the no 1 process always. I put it into the background by keeping a separate shell window open for root purposes and sent it to the background from there.

The load has not dropped at all. Also I have a USB mouse and a USB keyboard always plugged in. Other than that nothing else is plugged in. BTW this is a new issue, did not happen in 9.04 the load was stable then. I have not tried 9.10.

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Mark Fernandes (typist) wrote :

Killing udisks seemed to help. I notice that this problem is tied to udevd for the Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560S drive.
I filled out a bug report there too. See bug #379780

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