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udisks-daemon constantly burning about 10% CPU

Bug #587044 reported by Igor
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: udisks

Following processes constantly burn CPU: udisks-daemon, gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor, dbus-daemon, gdu-notification.
This stated since install of Ubuntu 10.4.

I have been runing top since boot, no disk in DVD unit. This is tipical result:

top - 23:26:12 up 52 min, 4 users, load average: 1.73, 1.75, 1.74
Tasks: 282 total, 3 running, 279 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 12.0%us, 4.4%sy, 0.0%ni, 81.3%id, 0.0%wa, 2.2%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 3096356k total, 2304628k used, 791728k free, 223704k buffers
Swap: 4192924k total, 0k used, 4192924k free, 1535744k cached

  PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
 2478 root 20 0 15672 3084 2472 S 11 0.1 5:01.46 udisks-daemon
 2468 igor 20 0 8848 4356 2644 S 11 0.1 4:59.35 gvfs-gdu-volume
 1268 messageb 20 0 3376 1760 784 S 8 0.1 3:31.92 dbus-daemon
 3395 igor 20 0 19420 7800 5416 S 9 0.3 3:29.24 gdu-notificatio
 8067 igor 20 0 34548 10m 7956 S 7 0.4 3:24.52 update-notifier

I have tried to see what udisks-daemon is doing.
Command "udisks --monitor"
returns constant stram of following lines:
"changed: /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sr0"

Command "udisks --monitor-detail" streams following:
"changed: /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sr0
Showing information for /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sr0
  native-path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sr0
  device: 11:0
  device-file: /dev/sr0
    presentation: /dev/sr0
    by-path: /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-4:0:0:0
  detected at: Fri 28 May 2010 10:34:20 PM CEST
  system internal: 0
  removable: 1
  has media: 0
    detects change: 1
    detection by polling: 0
    detection inhibitable: 0
    detection inhibited: 0
  is read only: 0
  is mounted: 0
  mount paths:
  mounted by uid: 0
  presentation hide: 0
  presentation nopolicy: 0
  presentation name:
  presentation icon:
  size: 0
  block size: 0
  job underway: no
  usage:
  type:
  version:
  uuid:
  label:
  drive:
    vendor: Optiarc
    model: DVD RW AD-7560S
    revision: SX01
    serial:
    WWN:
    detachable: 0
    can spindown: 0
    rotational media: Yes, unknown rate
    write-cache: unknown
    ejectable: 1
    adapter: /org/freedesktop/UDisks/adapters/0000_3a00_3a1f_2e2
    ports:
      /org/freedesktop/UDisks/adapters/0000_3a00_3a1f_2e2/host4
    similar devices:
    media:
      compat: optical_cd optical_cd_r optical_cd_rw optical_dvd optical_dvd_plus_r optical_dvd_plus_r_dl optical_dvd_plus_rw optical_dvd_r optical_dvd_ram optical_dvd_rw optical_mrw optical_mrw_w
    interface: scsi
    if speed: (unknown)
    ATA SMART: not available"

There is no disc or anything in DVD unit. If I open tray, it's the same. If I put DVD disc in, then processes in question go to 0.
I can try to investigate more, if someone directs me how.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: udisks 1.0.1-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri May 28 23:21:52 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: Micro-Star International GT627
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=999eb936-f6c4-4974-a9ce-5fcaee10acaf ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:

SourcePackage: udisks
dmi.bios.date: 04/07/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A1651IMS.10V
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-1651
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrA1651IMS.10V:bd04/07/2009:svnMicro-StarInternational:pnGT627:pvrVer1.000:rvnMSI:rnMS-1651:rvrVer1.000:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: GT627
dmi.product.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International

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Igor (ikriznar) wrote :
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John (jm1) wrote :

This problem has been bugging me for a long time - excessive CPU usage with gvfs-gdu-volume, udisks-daemon and dbus-daemon

I found the solution in this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9601314#post9601314

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Igor (ikriznar) wrote :

Seems to help me as well. Thnx.
This is just sort of a workaround. Or pooling should e disabled by default or should be made in a way, that does not burn so much CPU.

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jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s) wrote :

With 3 USB disks attached, base load went up to 6 on my system.
Thus, no batch queue would run.
The workaround works well, but this should not occur.

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jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s) wrote :

For what it's worth:
The 3 USB disks reported turned out to be the 4 inputs of my USB card reader.
All of them took a long time to find out to be empty, upping system load to 6.
On the same USB bus, there is a hub with a WiFi network stick.

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Hi-Speed 21-in-1 Flash Card Reader/Writer (Internal/External)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I am using Lucid LTS:
Linux 2.6.32-32-generic-pae #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 20 22:10:33 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

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jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s) wrote :

Another problem that I have had for a long time were disconnects from my Wifi network.
After some time, Network manager would not reconnect anymore, and messages would fill up every seconds with the logging below.

  sudo kill -s SIGSTOP `pidof udisks-daemon`

fixed this behavior.

As I nedded to access an USB stick, I had issued a
  sudo kill -s SIGCONT `pidof udisks-daemon`
And alas, after some time my Wifi disconnected again, and the log file filled again with messsages.
So now, I disabled the deamon again.
  sudo kill -s SIGSTOP `pidof udisks-daemon`

Jun 20 20:50:56 his10 kernel: [852407.568068] Linking with his04,channel:1, qos:1, myHT:0, networkHT:0, mode:6
Jun 20 20:50:56 his10 kernel: [852407.568079] ===>ieee80211_associate_procedure_wq(), chan:1
Jun 20 20:50:56 his10 kernel: [852407.783933] =================>ieee80211_authentication_req():auth->algorithm is 0
Jun 20 20:50:56 his10 kernel: [852407.783940] softmac_mgmt_xmit():insert to waitqueue!
Jun 20 20:50:59 his10 kernel: [852410.280061] Linking with his04,channel:1, qos:1, myHT:0, networkHT:0, mode:6
Jun 20 20:50:59 his10 kernel: [852410.280072] ===>ieee80211_associate_procedure_wq(), chan:1
Jun 20 20:50:59 his10 kernel: [852410.495898] =================>ieee80211_authentication_req():auth->algorithm is 0
Jun 20 20:50:59 his10 kernel: [852410.495905] softmac_mgmt_xmit():insert to waitqueue!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in udisks (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Martin Ueding (martin-ueding)
Changed in udisks (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
status: Invalid → Incomplete
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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