Version: (using KDE KDE 3.3.2) Installed from: Slackware Packages OS: Linux After upgrading to KDE 3.3.2 I noticed the weird behavior in KMail. Sometimes, not always, when accessing the emails from an IMAP account, the processor is 100% utilized. When this happens, the email body is not displayed in the email frame (in the main kmail window), and the only way to see it is to double click the message in the message list to open a separate window. vmstat 1 looks like: ---------------- procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 1 0 1396 21320 37304 104744 0 0 8 10 18 8 2 1 97 0 1 0 1396 21368 37304 104744 0 0 0 0 1006 374 71 29 0 0 1 0 1396 21368 37304 104744 0 0 0 0 1002 429 75 25 0 0 1 0 1396 21368 37304 104744 0 0 0 216 1047 346 72 28 0 0 1 0 1396 21368 37304 104744 0 0 0 0 1004 336 69 31 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 36 1008 347 72 28 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1003 347 70 30 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1004 333 71 29 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 536 1100 398 68 32 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1003 407 71 29 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1002 329 73 27 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1004 342 70 30 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1002 333 69 31 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 184 1029 345 70 30 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1002 335 69 31 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1004 429 72 28 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1002 356 68 32 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1004 346 72 28 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 4 1004 347 72 28 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1004 332 69 31 0 0 1 0 1396 21384 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1002 339 72 28 0 0 9 0 1396 21368 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1197 638 72 28 0 0 1 0 1396 21368 37312 104744 0 0 0 0 1311 1307 75 25 0 0 1 0 1396 21368 37316 104744 0 0 0 4 1165 916 75 25 0 0 1 0 1396 21216 37360 104748 0 0 0 1424 1237 1974 83 8 1 8 0 0 1396 27488 37364 104744 0 0 0 124 1126 596 33 2 65 0 0 0 1396 27488 37364 104744 0 0 0 0 1203 591 7 0 93 0 0 0 1396 27488 37364 104744 0 0 0 0 1003 328 1 0 99 0 0 0 1396 27488 37368 104744 0 0 0 56 1004 427 0 0 100 0 0 0 1396 27504 37368 104744 0 0 0 0 1007 354 1 0 99 0 0 0 1396 27504 37376 104744 0 0 0 48 1005 345 0 0 100 0 0 0 1396 27504 37376 104744 0 0 0 0 1202 600 4 4 92 0 0 0 1396 27504 37376 104744 0 0 0 0 1009 339 1 0 99 0 0 0 1396 27520 37376 104744 0 0 0 0 1083 448 3 1 96 0 0 0 1396 27520 37376 104744 0 0 0 0 1023 363 1 0 99 0 0 0 1396 27520 37376 104744 0 0 0 0 1022 442 1 0 99 0 0 0 1396 27520 37376 104744 0 0 0 0 1010 360 1 0 99 0 0 0 1396 27536 37376 104744 0 0 0 0 1009 347 1 1 98 0 0 0 1396 27536 37376 104744 0 0 0 0 1004 346 1 0 99 0 0 0 1396 27536 37376 104744 0 0 0 0 1003 336 0 0 100 0 ------------- (I have quit kmail while running vmstat, that's why you can see the CPU being unused after a while.) I tried running kmail with strace and I noticed that when the load is high there a a lot of get calls to gettimeofday and select (on the imap Inbox file: ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/imap/.41122546.directory/.Inbox.index.ids). ----------- gettimeofday({1105648606, 330107}, NULL) = 0 select(17, [3 4 5 6 8 13 15 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) gettimeofday({1105648606, 330449}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1105648606, 330524}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 gettimeofday({1105648606, 330699}, NULL) = 0 select(17, [3 4 5 6 8 13 15 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) gettimeofday({1105648606, 331034}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1105648606, 331114}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 gettimeofday({1105648606, 331258}, NULL) = 0 select(17, [3 4 5 6 8 13 15 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) gettimeofday({1105648606, 331602}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1105648606, 331677}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 gettimeofday({1105648606, 331821}, NULL) = 0 select(17, [3 4 5 6 8 13 15 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) gettimeofday({1105648606, 332148}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1105648606, 332222}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 gettimeofday({1105648606, 332363}, NULL) = 0 select(17, [3 4 5 6 8 13 15 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) gettimeofday({1105648606, 332704}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1105648606, 332778}, NULL) = 0 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 ----------- Grepping for "gettimeofday({<time>" in the strace output I counted about 2500 call each second. e.g: $ grep "gettimeofday({1105648597" kmail.strace | wc -l 2396 $ grep "gettimeofday({1105648598" kmail.strace | wc -l 2960 $ grep "gettimeofday({1105648599" kmail.strace | wc -l 2375 $ grep "gettimeofday({1105648600" kmail.strace | wc -l 2403 I never had this problem before KDE 3.3.2, and nothing changes on the IMAP server. I don't see any traffic between the my workstation and the IMAP server when the problem appears. Let me know what other information might be usefull to identify the problem. Thanks, Mircea Baciu
Hard to debug this but you could check kdepim 3.4 (once it's out) or the betas to see if you have the same problem.
I have this problem now on KDE 3.4 RC1..which kmail 1.8. Same exact issue. I build from konstruct on top of Novell Linux Desktop . The CPU get's pegged.. I staced the processes and it just continues to spit out: gettimeofday({1110811252, 117265}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1110811252, 119800}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1110811252, 122494}, NULL) = 0
I am having a hard time reproducing this, however you did mention that it only happens sometimes. During my tests gettimeofday seemed to stay pretty low. Are you still experiencing this issue? If so, you seem to be able to reproduce it, could you post your process?
I'm closing this for now as it doesn't seem reproducible and is likely to be fixed. Please reopen if the problem is still reproducible for you.