I tracked down the root cause to the location service reacting to changes to the "PrimaryConnection" property of org.freedesktop.NetworkManager by reaching out to all devices associated with the primary connection, and querying their properties, both for wifi devices and cross-referencing to Ofono for modem devices. This behavior of not relying on cached values causes excessive traffic on the bus. The branch attached to this bug mitigates the issue by:
(1.) Relying on the cached devices for querying device properties. This is sufficient, as the cache is always consistent in this particular scenario. (2.) Not explicitly reacting to modem state changes coming in via Ofono but instead only reacting to changes to the PrimaryConnection property of NetworkManager. ** Branch linked: lp:~thomas-voss/location-service/fix-1394204 ** Description changed: I am consistently seeing this in the Bluefin office this week Mako running 133 Phone gets warm in pocket, wake up the phone and attach top shows dbus-daemon at 100%+ cpu and network-manager next at 10-20% It never quiets own, at least not for over 5 mins 3g data is turned off Cellular is roaming to local carrier fwiw Seems to happen whenever I leave the AP coverage, whether I return or not + + TEST CASE: The problem is easily reproducible when forcing NM to roam between multiple access points and never quite finishing the association to one AP. At home, I reproduce by + roaming between different floors, where each floor has got its own WiFi. Any sufficiently complex office WiFi setup should trigger it, too. ** Description changed: I am consistently seeing this in the Bluefin office this week Mako running 133 Phone gets warm in pocket, wake up the phone and attach top shows dbus-daemon at 100%+ cpu and network-manager next at 10-20% It never quiets own, at least not for over 5 mins 3g data is turned off Cellular is roaming to local carrier fwiw Seems to happen whenever I leave the AP coverage, whether I return or not - TEST CASE: The problem is easily reproducible when forcing NM to roam between multiple access points and never quite finishing the association to one AP. At home, I reproduce by + Reproducing the issue: The problem is easily reproducible when forcing NM to roam between multiple access points and never quite finishing the association to one AP. At home, I reproduce by roaming between different floors, where each floor has got its own WiFi. Any sufficiently complex office WiFi setup should trigger it, too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1394204 Title: dbus daemon spinning with NM AP properties change event Status in the base for Ubuntu mobile products: Confirmed Status in Location Service: New Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu RTM: New Bug description: I am consistently seeing this in the Bluefin office this week Mako running 133 Phone gets warm in pocket, wake up the phone and attach top shows dbus-daemon at 100%+ cpu and network-manager next at 10-20% It never quiets own, at least not for over 5 mins 3g data is turned off Cellular is roaming to local carrier fwiw Seems to happen whenever I leave the AP coverage, whether I return or not Reproducing the issue: The problem is easily reproducible when forcing NM to roam between multiple access points and never quite finishing the association to one AP. At home, I reproduce by roaming between different floors, where each floor has got its own WiFi. Any sufficiently complex office WiFi setup should trigger it, too. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1394204/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
