[plug] strange modprobe using up cpu?

[Craig Ringer]

Chris Caston wrote:

> For some reason occasionally I notice my usually snappy UI slow to a
> crawl. By the time I open and xterm and type in top I just manage to see
> modprobe using up 80-90% cpu.
> 
> The following from kern.log *may* be related:

A guess: something is scanning /dev for something, and modprobe is 
"helpfully" trying to load a bunch of kernel modules that might be 
related to whatever device node the access attempt is on.

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Craig Ringer