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thunderbird package

100% CPU usage on exit

Bug #612907 reported by Michael Stevens
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: thunderbird

mstevens@mstevens-desktop:~ % lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04

mstevens@mstevens-desktop:~ % apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installed: 3.0.6+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  Candidate: 3.0.6+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.6+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

Intermittently on exit Thunderbird goes to 100% CPU usage and the process does not terminate. Running strace on the process shows a loop of:
gettimeofday({1280832062, 643465}, NULL) = 0
read(19, "\372", 1) = 1
write(20, "\372", 1) = 1
gettimeofday({1280832062, 643667}, NULL) = 0
read(3, 0xb755e058, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1280832062, 643782}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=62, events=POLLIN}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 13, 0) = 1 ([{fd=19, revents=POLLIN}])
gettimeofday({1280832062, 643977}, NULL) = 0
read(19, "\372", 1) = 1
gettimeofday({1280832062, 644069}, NULL) = 0
read(3, 0xb755e058, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1280832062, 644156}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=62, events=POLLIN}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 13, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
gettimeofday({1280832062, 644294}, NULL) = 0
write(20, "\372", 1) = 1
gettimeofday({1280832062, 644386}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1280832062, 644426}, NULL) = 0
read(3, 0xb755e058, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1280832062, 644512}, NULL) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=62, events=POLLIN}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN}, {fd=31, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 13, 0) = 1 ([{fd=19, revents=POLLIN}])

The system is:

mstevens@mstevens-desktop:~ % uname -a
Linux mstevens-desktop 2.6.32-24-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 5 09:22:14 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

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Bill McGonigle (bill-launchpad-net) wrote :

Somebody on the gentoo forum said enigmail will do this, which I have. You?

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Michael Stevens (mstevens-etla-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 612907] Re: 100% CPU usage on exit

I do not have enigmail installed.

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:35:23AM -0000, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> Somebody on the gentoo forum said enigmail will do this, which I have.
> You?
>
> --
> 100% CPU usage on exit
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612907
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.

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Glenn Enright (glenn-enright) wrote :

Me too... strace attached to running process provided the following, usually only seen after thunderbird had been running for a bit (a few hours)...

read(3, 0x7f5b97573074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=68, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 11, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
write(20, "\372", 1) = 1
read(3, 0x7f5b97573074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=68, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 11, 0) = 1 ([{fd=19, revents=POLLIN}])
read(19, "\372", 1) = 1
read(3, 0x7f5b97573074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=68, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 11, 0) = 0 (Timeout)

:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
:~$ uname -a
Linux behemoth 2.6.32-25-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 19:52:42 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Disabling assorted plugins seemed to help alleviate, but not fix altogether, I still have extensions check&send, quicktext and the standard addon for openoffice. using default theme

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Thomas Antepoth (ta-ubuntu-antepoth) wrote :

I also experience the 100%-CPU-on-exit-Bug.

A "strace -tttvp <PID>" of a hung thunderbird process gives:

1291570615.512403 read(3, 0x7fe302066074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)

1291570615.512427 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 12, 0) = 0 (Timeout)

1291570615.512468 read(3, 0x7fe302066074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)

1291570615.512491 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 12, 0) = 0 (Timeout)

1291570615.512533 write(20, "\372", 1) = 1

1291570615.512556 read(3, 0x7fe302066074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)

1291570615.512579 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 12, 0) = 1 ([{fd=19, revents=POLLIN}])

1291570615.512630 read(19, "\372", 1) = 1

1291570615.512653 read(3, 0x7fe302066074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)

1291570615.512677 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 12, 0) = 0 (Timeout)

1291570615.512718 read(3, 0x7fe302066074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)

1291570615.512742 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=18, events=POLLIN}, {fd=10, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=33, events=POLLIN}, {fd=35, events=POLLIN}, {fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 12, 0 <unfinished ...>
Process 11856 detached

The failed read() call is on the file descriptor #3.

The open file descriptor #3 of the hung process is:

thunderbi 11856 t_antepoth 3u unix 0xffff88003cc049c0 0t0 398985827 socket

:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid

enigmail is installed but disabling the plugin does not alleviate the problem.

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Thomas Antepoth (ta-ubuntu-antepoth) wrote :

Installed version is:
root@sofa:~# apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installiert: 3.0.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  Kandidat: 3.0.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 3.0.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0
        500 http://apt.so.antepoth.de/de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://apt.so.antepoth.de/security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://apt.so.antepoth.de/de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

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Alex Mandel (wildintellect) wrote :

This does not appear to be an ubuntu specific issue:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Shutdown_Hang
and the linked
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532435
are possible culprits.

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Michael Nagel (nailor) wrote :

is this still an issue with thunderbird 12 installed by default now?
can this be merged with the following bug:

thunderbird uses excessive cpu power
Ubuntu “thunderbird” package Bugs Bug #927515

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

Upstream bug was closed "RESOLVED INVALID" on 2010-01-04
No reply to comment #7 (six and a half years ago)
Marking "Invalid" to close

Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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