tons of udevd instances

MartinZ · 2009-11-29 14:22:29

Add this repo to /etc/pacman.conf (as the first one):

[testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

MartinZ · 2009-12-02 01:16:16

MartinZ wrote:

udev 147-1 in testing seems to (finally) have solved the problem

No, it doesn't. Though the problem seems to be less severe now.

quickfished · 2009-12-02 01:29:30

Had the same problem: there were always 3 instances of udev running, taking up 20 to 30% of CPU. Higher constant CPU usage of 60% was triggered, strangely enough after starting a CPU-intensive Firefox session.

I have upgraded my box to Arch64 (actually, not for this particular reason) about 10 days ago and since then I haven't seen that kind of behaviour.

I don't know if it's related; just reporting

Last edited by quickfished (2009-12-02 01:30:35)

Cr0k · 2009-12-31 21:10:23

Same here..
Nobody has a solution to this ?

Edit : Solved for me ! http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=82328

Last edited by Cr0k (2010-01-01 13:28:23)

kamil · 2010-01-01 15:38:38

Cr0k wrote:

Same here..
Nobody has a solution to this ?
Edit : Solved for me ! http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=82328

This solution works, but it causes a problem with dependencies. A part of the system is out of date, in my case about 18 packages.

Cr0k · 2010-01-01 19:10:56

I don't understand why the newest version of udev don't solve this issue.. If it's known ?

jt512 · 2010-01-03 23:58:27

Although installing the udev-ubuntu package stopped the runaway cpu usage problem, it broke xfburn; so I have reverted to using the current udev package, and have implemented the following multi-step workaround, which, so far, seems to be effective.

Step1: Disable polling of the optical drive
I ran the following two commands, as root:
# hal-disable-polling --udi '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD_7583S'
# hal-disable-polling --device /dev/scd0

The above commands created the following two files in /etc/hal/fdi/information:
(1) media-check-disable-storage_model_DVD_RW_AD_7583S.fdi
(2) media-check-disable-storage_model_Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD_7583S.fdi

After restarting the udevd daemon, polling of the optical drive ceased and CPU usage returned to normal. You can verify that polling has stopped with the command `udevadm monitor`.

In order to disable polling, I had to create both files above, even though both device names refer to the same physical device. You can determine the udi of your optical drive by using the `lshal` command.

The only disadvantage to disabling polling is that I now have to mount CDs and DVDs manually.

Step 2: Rein-in udev on boot/log-in
In spite of Step 1, udev still misbehaved on boot/log-in. Therefore, I put the following two commands at the start of my .xsession file:

sudo killall -9 udevd
sleep 2
sudo udevd --daemon

You should probably put these commands wherever your autostart commands are for your DM/WM. I tried putting them in rc.local, and they did not help there.

Step 3: Redefine the 'eject' command
In spite of all the above, ejecting a disk from the CD/DVD drive still caused udev to go wild. Therefore I put the following two functions in ~/.bashrc:

function udevr () {
sudo killall -9 udevd
sleep 2
sudo udevd --daemon
}

function eject () {
sudo eject -v /dev/sr0
udevr
}

Together, these functions redefine the 'eject' command (and also provide the 'udevr' command, in case of emergency). I'm not sure whether the "sleep" step is necessary in the first function.

Anyway, since implementing this workaround yesterday, I haven't had any udev "flare-ups," and I can again burn CDs and DVDs.

Edit: This fixes about 90% of udev flare-ups. I have to issue my udevr command occasionally.

Jay

Last edited by jt512 (2010-03-04 23:30:49)

MartinZ · 2010-02-05 00:56:19

udev 151-2 still doesn't fix this annoyance

linuxgod · 2010-02-05 13:05:18

I also have 99 % cpu usage by udev process when playing 3D games (after 5-10 minutes)..
its three running instances

Last edited by linuxgod (2010-02-05 17:53:41)

TaylanUB · 2010-02-12 17:57:44

Don't really have any performance issues but i too have 3 instances of "/sbin/udevd --daemon", immediately after bootup, without starting X, 'ps x' being the first command i run.

Versions:
kernel 2.6.32
udev 151-2

Something miscellaneous i noticed, in case it matters:
After startx, the two extra instances seem to restart, changing pid and all.

Last edited by TaylanUB (2010-02-12 17:59:23)

derfury · 2010-02-26 17:38:49

Optiarch drive, Udev 151-3

It hovers around 50%. If I kill udevd and wait for about 10 seconds and restart it, it will set the cpu utilization back to normal for a few hours. This is interesting because simply killing and restarting in a bash script without a sleep doesn't stop the high utilization.

This is extremely frustrating. This bug has been around for over 6 months. It slaughters my battery life.

Runiq · 2010-02-26 19:46:29

How many people in here do have some kind of Optiarch optical drive? Because I do, and the problem has persisted ever since udev-145-something.

kamil · 2010-03-04 19:57:18

Runiq wrote:

How many people in here do have some kind of Optiarch optical drive? Because I do, and the problem has persisted ever since udev-145-something.

I have the same situation.

Fractal · 2010-03-05 00:37:51

Hi,
I had the same problems (and particularly a 4 minutes boot time) so I downgraded to udev-141-5 in order to fix this.
And my CD-drive is also Optiarc, ` lshw ' gives

[…]
*-cdrom
     description: DVD-RAM writer
     product: DVD RW AD-7560S
     vendor: Optiarc
     physical id: 1
     bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
     logical name: /dev/cdrom
     logical name: /dev/cdrom0
     logical name: /dev/cdrw
     logical name: /dev/cdrw0
     logical name: /dev/dvd
     logical name: /dev/dvd0
     logical name: /dev/dvdrw
     logical name: /dev/dvdrw0
     logical name: /dev/scd0
     logical name: /dev/sr0
     version: SX01
     capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
     configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
[…]

Fractal

astralys · 2010-03-10 13:01:17

I have an Optiarc AD-7560S (on a MSI GX630 laptop) and the udevd cpu usage issue was replicating on my machine. I had two workarounds for the problem:
- to install an older udev version or the udev-ubuntu package
- to keep some CD/DVD in the drive.

I've searched for a firmware update for this drive. The original firmware was SX01 and I installed SD05 (i.e. from dell http://ftp.euro.dell.com/rmsd/AD-7560S%20SD05.zip).

The firmware update solved the udevd cpu usage issue. Curently I'm using udev 151-3 with kernel 2.6.33-ck.

Last edited by astralys (2010-03-10 14:29:15)

yimm · 2010-03-10 13:56:10

Solved for me too after upgrading the firmware.
I had the same version as you (SX01), and now, no problem of CPU Usage.
Udev version : 151-3

MartinZ · 2010-03-10 23:18:39

astralys wrote:

I have an Optiarc AD-7560S (on a MSI GX630 laptop) and the udevd cpu usage issue was replicating on my machine. I had two workarounds for the problem:
- to install an older udev version or the udev-ubuntu package
- to keep some CD/DVD in the drive.
I've searched for a firmware update for this drive. The original firmware was SX01 and I installed SD05 (i.e. from dell http://ftp.euro.dell.com/rmsd/AD-7560S%20SD05.zip).
The firmware update solved the udevd cpu usage issue. Curently I'm using udev 151-3 with kernel 2.6.33-ck.

You're the man!!!

craw · 2010-03-11 11:49:43

Not working here since there is no firmware update for 7580S. Staying around.

toad · 2010-03-11 12:05:00

fwiw:

64-bit

serial: [Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A 1.04 Jun21,2007
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc

3 udev instances, no probs ever

xiongzhengbupt · 2010-03-12 06:06:42

MartinZ wrote:

astralys wrote:
I have an Optiarc AD-7560S (on a MSI GX630 laptop) and the udevd cpu usage issue was replicating on my machine. I had two workarounds for the problem:
- to install an older udev version or the udev-ubuntu package
- to keep some CD/DVD in the drive.
I've searched for a firmware update for this drive. The original firmware was SX01 and I installed SD05 (i.e. from dell http://ftp.euro.dell.com/rmsd/AD-7560S%20SD05.zip).
The firmware update solved the udevd cpu usage issue. Curently I'm using udev 151-3 with kernel 2.6.33-ck.
You're the man!!!

Exactly!!!!

Fractal · 2010-03-12 14:51:41

xiongzhengbupt wrote:

MartinZ wrote:
astralys wrote:
I have an Optiarc AD-7560S (on a MSI GX630 laptop) and the udevd cpu usage issue was replicating on my machine. I had two workarounds for the problem:
- to install an older udev version or the udev-ubuntu package
- to keep some CD/DVD in the drive.
I've searched for a firmware update for this drive. The original firmware was SX01 and I installed SD05 (i.e. from dell http://ftp.euro.dell.com/rmsd/AD-7560S%20SD05.zip).
The firmware update solved the udevd cpu usage issue. Curently I'm using udev 151-3 with kernel 2.6.33-ck.
You're the man!!!
Exactly!!!!

But how do you update the firmware from Archlinux?
I don't have Windows, and Wine says: "You don't have administrator right to process. or No device is recognized!" (when running as root)
I'm on x86_64.

Fractal

MartinZ · 2010-03-13 00:34:47

Weird.... I just executed Optiarc AD-7560S_ SD05.EXE as user and everything worked smoothly

Runiq · 2010-03-13 11:04:32

I have an Optiarc AD-7640S, and when I start the firmware updater using wine, it just says "You have no administrator right to process. Or no device is recognized!"

Guess I'll have to make a bootdisk or something like that.

yimm · 2010-03-15 16:14:26

MartinZ wrote:

Weird.... I just executed Optiarc AD-7560S_ SD05.EXE as user and everything worked smoothly

Same for me .

Runiq · 2010-03-15 16:28:12

Most of you people could try binflash from the AUR. I say most because it doesn't support all Optiarc drives (it doesn't support mine, for example. )

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Re: tons of udevd instances

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