[plug] strange modprobe using up cpu?

[Chris Caston]

On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 15:44, Craig Ringer wrote:
> 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, 

I used the Sarge installer so it could be discover.

> 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.
> 
I'm using an Aopen cd burner (52x32x52 with justlink) I'm burning my
CD's by referring to dev=/dev/hdc directly in cdrecord (thanks 2.6!)

Here is my lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
snd_mixer_oss          16512  0 
md5                     3968  1 
ipv6                  221120  8 
ds                     15108  0 
yenta_socket           15488  0 
pcmcia_core            63840  2 ds,yenta_socket
af_packet              20360  2 
snd_cmipci             32180  0 
snd_pcm                87972  1 snd_cmipci
snd_page_alloc         11652  1 snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib            9984  1 snd_cmipci
snd_timer              23300  2 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep               8992  1 snd_opl3_lib
gameport                4736  1 snd_cmipci
snd_mpu401_uart         7168  1 snd_cmipci
snd_rawmidi            22816  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          7816  2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd                    49124  9
snd_mixer_oss,snd_cmipci,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
ohci1394               32132  0 
ieee1394               73392  1 ohci1394
jedec_probe            12288  0 
gen_probe               3712  1 jedec_probe
mtdcore                 7396  0 
chipreg                 3588  1 jedec_probe
uhci_hcd               29456  0 
intel_agp              16540  1 
agpgart                29608  1 intel_agp
tsdev                   7168  0 
mousedev                9684  1 
psmouse                17160  0 
floppy                 55124  0 
parport_pc             31660  0 
parport                39784  1 parport_pc
pcspkr                  3688  0 
evdev                   9088  0 
ehci_hcd               22532  0 
usbcore                94044  4 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
cmpci                  31008  1 
soundcore               9696  3 snd,cmpci
sata_promise           13444  0 
libata                 35840  1 sata_promise,[permanent]
scsi_mod              109112  1 libata
e1000                  75012  0 
ide_cd                 38020  0 
cdrom                  34720  1 ide_cd
rtc                    11960  0 
ext3                  103720  1 
jbd                    54168  1 ext3
ide_disk               15872  3 
ide_generic             1408  0 [permanent]
ide_detect              1408  0 
piix                   11808  1 
ide_core              141804  5
ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,ide_detect,piix
unix                   25520  392 
font                    8576  0 
cfbcopyarea             3968  0 
cfbimgblt               3328  0 
cfbfillrect             3840  0 
  
> --
> Craig Ringer
> 
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