Public bug reported: Using Ubuntu 16.04 (or any system with systemd)
Current status: boinc-client shows up as costing 1 second at boot with systemd-analyze blame due to sleep 1 in service file. I'm guessing this is to try and make boinc have less impact on bootup (it does afaict). If there is a different reason this might all be moot :). Proposal I'm looking into: Using systemd timers to tell boinc to start running X amount of time after bootup. Something like: /lib/systemd/system/boinc-client.timer [Unit] Description=Runs boinc-client service after bootup [Timer] OnBootSec=25s Unit=boinc-client.service [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target /lib/systemd/system/boinc-client.service [Unit] Description=Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client After=network.target [Service] Nice=10 User=boinc PermissionsStartOnly=yes #ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/touch /var/log/boinc.log /var/log/boincerr.log #ExecStartPre=/bin/chown boinc:boinc /var/log/boinc.log /var/log/boincerr.log ExecStart=/usr/bin/boinc --dir /var/lib/boinc-client ExecReload=/usr/bin/boinccmd --read_cc_config ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -f /var/lib/boinc-client/lockfile IOSchedulingClass=idle With the following boinc-client is no longer in the blame list at all! I disabled the ExecStartPre because boinc-client seemed to start them earlier. I choose 25s at random for my slow test machine. I'm not sure the best value there. [1] man systemd.timer OnActiveSec=, OnBootSec=, OnStartupSec=, OnUnitActiveSec=, OnUnitInactiveSec= Defines monotonic timers relative to different starting points: OnActiveSec= defines a timer relative to the moment the timer itself is activated. OnBootSec= defines a timer relative to when the machine was booted up. OnStartupSec= defines a timer relative to when systemd was first started. OnUnitActiveSec= defines a timer relative to when the unit the timer is activating was last activated. OnUnitInactiveSec= defines a timer relative to when the unit the timer is activating was last deactivated. [2] http://jason.the-graham.com/2013/03/06/how-to-use-systemd-timers/ ** Affects: boinc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1544300 Title: Use systemd timer to delay boinc startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/1544300/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs