** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1470845
Title: wakes up from automount-expire timer every second Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: I noticed that systemd on my idle Wily desktop is creating very short lived threads at 1Hz. While these aren't doing much, it still consumes power doing wakeups to create these periodic threads. Showing thread creation with forkstat: $ sudo forkstat Time Event PID Info Duration Process 13:43:07 clone 1 parent /sbin/init splash 13:43:07 clone 7483 thread /sbin/init splash 13:43:07 exit 7483 0 0.001 /sbin/init splash 13:43:08 clone 1 parent /sbin/init splash 13:43:08 clone 7484 thread /sbin/init splash 13:43:08 exit 7484 0 0.000 /sbin/init splash 13:43:10 clone 1 parent /sbin/init splash 13:43:10 clone 7485 thread /sbin/init splash 13:43:10 exit 7485 0 0.000 /sbin/init splash 13:43:11 clone 1 parent /sbin/init splash 13:43:11 clone 7486 thread /sbin/init splash 13:43:11 exit 7486 0 0.000 /sbin/init splash 13:43:12 clone 1 parent /sbin/init splash 13:43:12 clone 7487 thread /sbin/init splash 13:43:12 exit 7487 0 0.000 /sbin/init splash 13:43:13 clone 1 parent /sbin/init splash 13:43:13 clone 7488 thread /sbin/init splash 13:43:13 exit 7488 0 0.000 /sbin/init splash 13:43:15 clone 1 parent /sbin/init splash 13:43:15 clone 7489 thread /sbin/init splash 13:43:15 exit 7489 0 0.000 /sbin/init splash 13:43:16 clone 1 parent /sbin/init splash 13:43:16 clone 7490 thread /sbin/init splash 13:43:16 exit 7490 0 0.000 /sbin/init splash 13:43:17 clone 1 parent /sbin/init splash 13:43:17 clone 7491 thread /sbin/init splash 13:43:17 exit 7491 0 0.000 /sbin/init splash And it's consuming some cycles over time: $ sudo perf stat -p 1 ^C Performance counter stats for process id '1': 7.519868 task-clock (msec) # 0.000 CPUs utilized 41 context-switches # 0.005 M/sec 39 cpu-migrations # 0.005 M/sec 3 page-faults # 0.399 K/sec 12,107,977 cycles # 1.610 GHz 10,597,101 stalled-cycles-frontend # 87.52% frontend cycles idle 0 stalled-cycles-backend # 0.00% backend cycles idle 2,285,818 instructions # 0.19 insns per cycle # 4.64 stalled cycles per insn 457,133 branches # 60.790 M/sec 69,444 branch-misses # 15.19% of all branches 46.099593011 seconds time elapsed The thread is just doing the following: clock_gettime(0x7 /* CLOCK_??? */, {52592, 947682919}) = 0 read(14, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8 fcntl(30, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 3) = 15 ioctl(30, 0xc0189374, 0x7ffeaf311470) = 0 fcntl(16, F_GETFD) = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC) clone(Process 7466 attached child_stack=0x7f97c3580e30, flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, parent_tidptr=0x7f97c35819d0, tls=0x7f97c3581700, child_tidptr=0x7f97c35819d0) = 7466 [pid 7466] set_robust_list(0x7f97c35819e0, 24) = 0 [pid 1] timerfd_settime(14, TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={52594, 197493000}}, NULL <unfinished ...> [pid 7466] ioctl(15, 0xc018937c <unfinished ...> [pid 1] <... timerfd_settime resumed> ) = 0 [pid 7466] <... ioctl resumed> , 0x7f97c3580d60) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) [pid 1] epoll_wait(4, <unfinished ...> [pid 7466] close(15) = 0 [pid 7466] close(16) = 0 [pid 7466] madvise(0x7f97c2d81000, 8368128, MADV_DONTNEED) = 0 [pid 7466] _exit(0) = ? [pid 7466] +++ exited with 0 +++ <... epoll_wait resumed> {{EPOLLIN, {u32=3, u64=3}}}, 34, -1) = 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1470845/+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