Public bug reported: On ppc with 2.6.38-11-powerpc #47, udev spawns c. 40 instances, applications such as 29404 root 20 0 16036 3936 3264 S 14.0 0.4 0:22.72 udisks-daemon 29392 jrh 20 0 12684 4912 3408 S 13.7 0.5 0:22.68 gvfs-gdu-volume 29920 jrh 20 0 29156 9660 6764 S 10.1 0.9 0:15.60 gdu-notificatio 473 messageb 20 0 4904 2220 940 R 9.8 0.2 0:17.12 dbus-daemon 295 root 18 -2 3536 1136 428 S 7.5 0.1 0:46.40 udevd
then conspire to hog almost all CPU, rendering the machine useless. This did not happen with previous kernels. It also does not happen on ia32 and x86_64 with the same kernel version. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: udev 167-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.47-powerpc 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-powerpc ppc Architecture: powerpc CustomUdevRuleFiles: 10-blackberry.rules 71-csr-bt.rules.off Date: Wed Jul 20 19:19:46 2011 Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c00f Logitech, Inc. MouseMan Traveler/Mobile Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 ProcKernelCmdLine: root=/dev/hda4 ro video=radeonfb splash quiet SourcePackage: udev UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-01-02 (199 days ago) ** Affects: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug natty powerpc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/813671 Title: PPC kernel 2.6.38-11 #47 causes udev to spawn excessive instances To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/813671/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs