@Charles, 1. Is there a .deb I can test to verify this? 2. the i386 latest build of heath-check now does system call tracing correctly, so that may be helpful for checking the fix.
Colin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Unity API bugs, which is subscribed to indicator-power. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1221871 Title: indicator-power-service is a lightly busy all the time Status in The Power Indicator: Fix Committed Status in “indicator-power” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In a vain attempt to reduce power on these phone devices I noticed that indicator-power-service is using just under 1% of one CPU all the time. CPU usage: PID Process USR% SYS% TOTAL% 1358 indicator-power-serv 0.05 0.04 0.08 (very light load) It seems to be waiting on poll() on a couple of threads which cumulatively add up to about 1.68 wakeups a second over a 1 hour analysis: Top polling system calls: PID 1369 indicator-power-serv poll 1.3462 polls/sec 1358 indicator-power-serv poll 0.3376 polls/sec Total 1.6838 polls/sec This contributes to a bunch of context switching by these threads: Context Switches: PID Process Voluntary Involuntary Total Ctxt Sw/Sec Ctxt Sw/Sec Ctxt Sw/Sec 1369 indicator-power-serv 10.75 0.15 10.90 (moderate) 1358 indicator-power-serv 3.53 0.07 3.60 (low) 1372 indicator-power-serv 0.00 0.00 0.00 (idle) Total 14.29 0.22 14.50 [ See the attached log, launchpad formatting sucks ] I also observed a couple of brk() calls, and a small amount of heap growth which may indicate it has a small memory leak, but I am speculating on this. Attached is a full report from a 1 hour of monitoring indicator-power- service for reference. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-power/+bug/1221871/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
