I can confirm #5, but instead of break, use pass. The reason for such bug is the status message like this on 4.4.0-127-generic #153-Ubuntu SMP Sat May 19 10:58:46 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
cat /proc/1/status Name: systemd State: S (sleeping) Tgid: 1 Ngid: 0 Pid: 1 PPid: 0 TracerPid: 0 Uid: 0 0 0 0 Gid: 0 0 0 0 FDSize: 256 Groups: NStgid: 1 NSpid: 1 NSpgid: 1 NSsid: 1 VmPeak: 185548 kB VmSize: 120012 kB VmLck: 0 kB VmPin: 0 kB VmHWM: 6276 kB VmRSS: 5388 kB VmData: 83736 kB VmStk: 132 kB VmExe: 1392 kB VmLib: 3684 kB VmPTE: 96 kB VmPMD: 16 kB VmSwap: 212 kB HugetlbPages: 0 kB Threads: 1 SigQ: 1/14288 SigPnd: 0000000000000000 ShdPnd: 0000000000000000 SigBlk: 7be3c0fe28014a03 SigIgn: 0000000000001000 SigCgt: 00000001800004ec CapInh: 0000000000000000 CapPrm: 0000003fffffffff CapEff: 0000003fffffffff CapBnd: 0000003fffffffff CapAmb: 0000000000000000 Seccomp: 0 <<<--- EMPTY LINE !!! Speculation_Store_Bypass: not vulnerable Cpus_allowed: f Cpus_allowed_list: 0-3 Mems_allowed: 00000000,00000001 Mems_allowed_list: 0 voluntary_ctxt_switches: 3069 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 6316 The line should be skipped during parsing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773383 Title: iotop crashes on launch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pkg-website/+bug/1773383/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs