Public bug reported:
Re: "glances" DISK I/O display under Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Linux 5.0.0
HWE kernel
There is a bug in _pslinux.py present in both python-psutil and
python3-psutil packages that prevents "glances" from displaying disk i/o
activity:
lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
uname -a
Linux beluga 5.0.0-29-generic #31~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 12 18:29:21 UTC
2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
apt policy glances
glances:
Installed: 2.11.1-3
Candidate: 2.11.1-3
Version table:
*** 2.11.1-3 500
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
head -1 /usr/bin/glances
#!/usr/bin/python3
dpkg -S _pslinux.py
python3-psutil: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/psutil/_pslinux.py
python-psutil: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/psutil/_pslinux.py
root@beluga:~# diff /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/psutil/_pslinux.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/psutil/_pslinux.py
apt policy python3-psutil
python3-psutil:
Installed: 5.4.2-1
Candidate: 5.4.2-1
Version table:
*** 5.4.2-1 500
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Fix taken from:
https://github.com/mykmelez/gecko/commit/76ea9067f0a83c38f192fa10e70be7fc063473db
fdiff _pslinux.py
--- .old/_pslinux.py.201712071156 2017-12-07 11:56:04.000000000 +0000
+++ _pslinux.py 2019-10-02 16:33:05.900067400 +0100
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@
reads = int(fields[2])
(reads_merged, rbytes, rtime, writes, writes_merged,
wbytes, wtime, _, busy_time, _) = map(int, fields[4:14])
- elif fields_len == 14:
+ elif fields_len == 14 or fields_len == 18:
# Linux 2.6+, line referring to a disk
name = fields[2]
(reads, reads_merged, rbytes, rtime, writes, writes_merged,
** Affects: python-psutil (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
_pslinux.py disk activity fields incorrect for kernel 5.0.0
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