https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424073
Bug ID: 424073 Summary: Slow start on automounted home Product: kate Version: 18.12.3 Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: minor Priority: NOR Component: general Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org Reporter: kl...@vink-slott.dk Target Milestone: --- SUMMARY Searches /home for files triggers automounter which causes slow startup STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. configure or test on a system using automount for /home 2. start kate OBSERVED RESULT Extract from using strace: 17:09:01.751209 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/tty", O_RDONLY) = 12 17:09:01.751243 getcwd("/home/klaus", 4096) = 12 17:09:01.751283 lstat("/home", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 17:09:01.751313 lstat("/home/klaus", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0710, st_size=8192, ...}) = 0 17:09:01.751353 stat("/home/klaus/.kateproject", 0x7fffe2994d30) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:01.751385 stat("/home/klaus/.git", 0x7fffe2994cf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:01.751416 stat("/home/klaus/.svn", 0x7fffe2994cf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:01.751446 stat("/home/klaus/.hg", 0x7fffe2994cf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:01.751481 stat("/home", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 17:09:01.751512 lstat("/home", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 17:09:01.751544 stat("/home/.kateproject", 0x7fffe2994d30) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:04.994289 stat("/home/.git", 0x7fffe2994cf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:08.263022 stat("/home/.svn", 0x7fffe2994cf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:11.522903 stat("/home/.hg", 0x7fffe2994cf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:14.774833 stat("/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=174, ...}) = 0 17:09:14.774890 stat("/.kateproject", 0x7fffe2994d30) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:14.774937 stat("/.git", 0x7fffe2994cf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:14.774967 stat("/.svn", 0x7fffe2994cf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:14.774995 stat("/.hg", 0x7fffe2994cf0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 17:09:14.775040 close(12) = 0 EXPECTED RESULT not searching for anything but ~/ SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: OpenSUSE 15.1 KDE Frameworks 5.55.0 Qt 5.9.7 (bygget imod 5.9.7) vinduessystemet xcb ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I am not sure why kate is looking for .[something] files in /home. But on a system with automounted homedirectories this triggers the automounter to go hunting for something to mount. If this could be avoided it would speed up launch considerably -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.