pcscd, sun java, 100% CPU usage
Tod Merley
todbot88 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 2 18:03:34 UTC 2008
On Jan 2, 2008 6:31 AM, Jeff Krebs <jkrebs at tconl.com> wrote:
> * Tod Merley (todbot88 at gmail.com) wrote:
>
> > On Jan 1, 2008 9:51 PM, Jeff Krebs <jkrebs at tconl.com> wrote:
> > > Oddest issue with pcsc. I'm getting 100% CPU usage while running pcscd.
> > >
> > > Now to story...
> > >
> > > Finally got my CAC Card setup running and working. I'm able to do what
> > > I need to do with PKI certificates and such. Athena reader, Athena
> > > driver. Started with java-1.7.0-icedtea. Joy and happiness abounding
> > > except...
> > >
> > > IcedTea just wasn't doing it. CNN video wasn't working. Odds and ends
> > > borked or not functioning.
> > >
> > > Managed to get all SunJava 1.6.0r3 packages built and installed under
> > > Fedora 8. Even the jdbc and fonts. My machine passed the Java.com test
> > > and even updated the java applets (hadn't seen that before). Java works
> > > wonderful, everything seems to function very well. Except...
> > >
> > > Now, after removing IcedTea and installing Sun-Java, my CPU is at 100%.
> > > Top shows pcscd as #1, burning over 91% of the CPU. This is a P4 1.6
> > > Ghz, and I have 1.2 G of RAM. I can stop pcscd through the "Services"
> > > configuration interface (via /usr/sbin/system-config-services). The
> > > system CPU usage immediately drops to around 7%. Much weeping and
> > > gnashing of teeth...
> > >
> > > Now, the question. What's going on? Why does Java appear to cause a
> > > race condition in pcscd? I can certainly disable pcscd when I don't
> > > need it, but when I do need it, will I have to face high CPU usage?
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeff Krebs
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> >
> > Hi Jeff Krebs!
> >
> > I too do not understand what would make the smart card reader manager
> > go bonkers. Perhaps Sun's java makes it look for the CAC verification
> > module which perhaps it cannot find?
> >
> > The question your e-mail made me ponder is "how can one find out"
> > "what's going on?". I have found some possible answers. Some I have
> > heard mentioned in this forum.
> >
> > strace - ltrace - lsof ... :
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strace (also man strace)
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ltrace (also man ltrace)
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsof_%28Unix%29 (also man lsof)
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdb (also man gdb)
> >
> > Looking from the Java end:
> >
> > http://jamonapi.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > Probably for the developer - The Linux Test Project:
> >
> > http://ltp.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > I have never gone so far into finding the actual problem as these
> > tools can take us. Hopefully someone who has will chime in.
> >
> > I would love to hear what you do find and how you found it!
> >
> > Good Hunting!
> >
> > Tod
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> Thank you for the interesting insight and the list of all of the
> development tools.
>
> I rebuilt the rawhide pcsc .src.rpm (version 1.4.4, vice the 1.3.3
> distro provide) and installed. Seems to do the trick. Bugzilla
> indicated that others were having this issue as well. Hopefully we'll
> see the update in FC7/F8 soon.
>
>
> Jeff Krebs
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Hi Jeff Krebs!
I am very glad to hear that you found your fix and implemented it!
Google Rocks!
I have been wanting to find out about those tools since I heard that
they existed. Thanks for moving me to find them!
Have a lot of fun!
Tod
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