Do you also get failures when you do qemu-img create disk.img 10G kvm -hda disk.img -cdrom precise-amd64.iso
in other words, when not pre-allocating the image? ** Package changed: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) => ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952489 Title: process creating gigabyte files on encrypted filesystem fails with 100% cpu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/952489/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs