More analysis. I grep-ed out just the handle_inotify reports. In this 5-minute log there were 777. Analysing them for uniqueness I get:
sort boot-udev-storm-handle_inotify.log | uniq -c 1 [829] handle_inotify: [1385] util_run_program: '/lib/udev/watershed' (stdout) ' Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...' 61 [829] handle_inotify: device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda closed, synthesising 'change' 92 [829] handle_inotify: device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda1 closed, synthesising 'change' 59 [829] handle_inotify: device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda2 closed, synthesising 'change' 81 [829] handle_inotify: device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda3 closed, synthesising 'change' 97 [829] handle_inotify: device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda4 closed, synthesising 'change' 148 [829] handle_inotify: device /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-0 closed, synthesising 'change' 141 [829] handle_inotify: device /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-1 closed, synthesising 'change' 97 [829] handle_inotify: device /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 closed, synthesising 'change' ** Attachment added: "handle_inotify log messages" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22986231/boot-udev-storm-handle_inotify.log -- udev repeatedly generates "change" events for the same block device(s) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332270 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs