ps auxw shows me the ionice'd process: root 6466 0.0 0.0 4328 356 ? S 07:35 0:00 flock --nonblock /run/mlocate.daily.lock /usr/bin/ionice -c3 /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate
but the problem process, blocking IO is: root 6467 1.0 0.0 5688 2220 ? D 07:35 1:25 /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate It's this that eats nigh on 100% of IO. Is it a subprocess that's spawned and isn't ionice'd? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to findutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332790 Title: updatedb.mlocate slows applications to unusable state, while running Status in “findutils” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “mlocate” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: mlocate Every time updatedb.mlocate is running its scheduled task, it occupies hard disk and its bandwith so user space aplications become slow and unresponsive. Every time it runs i am mostly unable to do normal work on my machine an i need to wait couple of minutes, doing nothing until that updatedb.mlocate thing is done. I think that this is user-unfriendly behavior of updatedb.mlocate and I think that it should run with some kind of lower priority to dissk, not disturbing user experience and nor destroying Ubuntu usability for those few minutes. I even switched time when that update runs , according to irc channel support, and it still bugs me and destroy usability when i use computer at that time. Current behavior: updatedb.mlocate occupies whole disk bandwith when it is run on scheduled time, not allowing user space applications to run and turn system in unusable state during that run. Crucial user-space actions are affected during its run. Wated behavior: updatedb.mlocate should run at lower priority at disk usage to avoid blocking Ubuntu computer for the time it runs. I run Xubuntu Hardy amd64 8.04.2/LTS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/findutils/+bug/332790/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
