From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 18:44:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16692106567D; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:44:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jh@sandstorm.net) Received: from sirocco.sandstorm.net (ip-69-33-111-75.bos.megapath.net [69.33.111.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF71A8FC13; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:44:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jh@sandstorm.net) Received: from lister.sandstorm.net (ip-69-33-111-74.bos.megapath.net [69.33.111.74]) (authenticated bits=0) by sirocco.sandstorm.net (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id mAHIK7Sp040093 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:20:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jh@sandstorm.net) From: John Hood To: marcus@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:20:12 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <200811151752.mAFHqRJN050158@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200811151752.mAFHqRJN050158@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811171320.12371.jh@sandstorm.net> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on sirocco.sandstorm.net Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/128826: sysutils/hal: hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse runs fstat to poll mice every 2s, eats CPU X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:44:32 -0000 On Saturday 15 November 2008 12:52:27 pm marcus@freebsd.org wrote: > Synopsis: sysutils/hal: hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse runs fstat to poll mice > every 2s, eats CPU > > State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed > State-Changed-By: marcus > State-Changed-When: Sat Nov 15 17:50:57 UTC 2008 > State-Changed-Why: > This is true, and currently, there isn't a better way to do what needs > to be done. Reimplementing the KVM code from fstat is too complicated for > the simple task required. I am working on an enhancement to procstat > which will allow this fork/exec problem to go away. Until then, the > only workaround is to have hald ignore your mouse device. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=128826 I'll allow that it's an ugly little problem. Might it make more sense to have moused make status available on a socket or pipe, which addon-mouse can then query directly? --jh