Public bug reported: Binary package hint: udev
Recently very often I see udev stays with CPU usage between 10 and 15% on my Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2,26Ghz through about one minute, then it does nothing through another minute and start this cycle again. What can cause such behavior ? It started happen last time, I have no idea if it's caused by upgrade to karmic(kernel 2.6.31.x) or recent udev upgrades from apt. I guess there is to much events from my SATA controller: nu...@novopad:~$ time udevadm monitor monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing KERNEL - the kernel uevent UDEV [1258190218.738761] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.749769] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190218.750790] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190218.750836] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190218.771595] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.782315] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.783607] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190218.783653] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190218.792527] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190218.812030] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190218.812129] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190218.812178] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.834384] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.835005] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.835023] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190218.835039] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.856116] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.857011] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.857556] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190218.857573] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190218.877435] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.885449] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.889167] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190218.889217] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190218.898707] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.917338] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.918366] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190218.918384] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.940931] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.941951] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.941969] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190218.941985] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.962620] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.970704] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190218.972451] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190218.972497] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190218.999994] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.005166] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.006289] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.006336] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.026462] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.034071] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.034165] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.034212] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.057152] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.068930] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.070002] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.070049] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.100653] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.111477] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.112500] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.112547] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.144095] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.154031] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.155027] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.155075] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.186912] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.196581] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.197612] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.197659] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.218238] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.230179] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.230278] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.230326] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.260539] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.262867] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.262957] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.263004] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.292452] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.303980] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.304028] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.304071] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.324289] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.330601] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.332694] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.332740] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.345612] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.364553] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.366202] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.368385] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.398022] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.409347] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.410440] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.410488] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.442288] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.451911] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.453044] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.453090] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.474439] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.476794] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.477581] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.477598] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.494409] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.499192] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.500368] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.500416] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.528473] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.537103] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.537379] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.537577] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.558409] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.571386] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.571482] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.571530] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) KERNEL[1258190219.579574] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) UDEV [1258190219.598068] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[1258190219.599453] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [1258190219.599503] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0 (scsi) ^C^@ real 0m0.910s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s nu...@novopad:~$ lspci | grep 00:1f.2 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) I thought it was caused by amarok which refreshes its media collection, but even if I close it, and hdd led stays off, udev can reach 10% CPU. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 CustomUdevRuleFiles: 45-libnjb5.rules Date: Sat Nov 14 10:18:01 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 MachineType: Lenovo INVALID NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: udev 147~-6.1 ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=4fa8b5a2-df36-44bd-9e2b-0e4982840edf ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic SourcePackage: udev Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 09/23/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Lenovo dmi.bios.version: 10CN37WW dmi.board.asset.tag: Lenovo Assert TAG dmi.board.name: INVALID dmi.board.vendor: Lenovo dmi.board.version: 10CN38WW dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Lenovo Assert TAG dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Lenovo dmi.chassis.version: 10CN37WW dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLenovo:bvr10CN37WW:bd09/23/2008:svnLenovo:pnINVALID:pvrLenovoIdeaPadY530:rvnLenovo:rnINVALID:rvr10CN38WW:cvnLenovo:ct10:cvr10CN37WW: dmi.product.name: INVALID dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 dmi.sys.vendor: Lenovo ** Affects: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- Udev relatively high CPU usage https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482544 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