The task is started as user 'nobody' but I don't see anything relevant in the logs. What's the best way to find out who's executing it? It might be some root process which drops privileges after start?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1460985 Title: periodic find task slow ubuntu to death Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Periodically something starts 'find' program in the background with readdir smth in options and it slows down ubuntu to the point the music and video got hiccups, mouse lags etc. I suspect it's smth related to package or locatedb updates but can't pinpoint the culprit yet. Anyway, the bugis in slowdown - background tasks should never-ever affect the interactive programs running by user. Ideally they should be started in dedicated, heavily policed systemd slice. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1460985/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
