I've created a fix for this issue and forwarded it to the upstream maintainer, thanks for the report.
status inprogress -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise ** Patch added: "0003-Exit-when-a-SIGTERM-signal-is-received-in-interactiv.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1156754/+attachment/3665482/+files/0003-Exit-when-a-SIGTERM-signal-is-received-in-interactiv.patch ** Changed in: iotop (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1156754 Title: iotop uses 100% cpu time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iotop/+bug/1156754/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs