Bug 381415

Summary: balooctl chokes and uses 100% cpu on oddly named folders
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-baloo Reporter: Samantha McVey <samantham>
Component: Baloo File DaemonAssignee: Pinak Ahuja <pinak.ahuja>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: nate, viniciusbrbio
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.34.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Tar archive of the empty folder with an odd name

Description Samantha McVey 2017-06-19 20:45:29 UTC
Created attachment 106172 [details]
Tar archive of the empty folder with an odd name

Baloo will use 100% cpu and not stop until it is killed when trying to index this folder. I have attached a tar archive which contains an empty folder with an unusual name.

Associated journalctl error:
Jun 19 13:32:41 sabayon baloo_file[1502]: org.kde.baloo: Failed to create watch for "/home/samantha/git/rakudo/t/spec/new2/\u0006�" No such file or directory
Comment 1 viniciusbr 2019-01-29 18:45:03 UTC
I found a similar problem with baloo 5.54.0 with kde neon 5.14 in a fresh installation. Baloo was consuming 100% of the cpu. I disabled it and the cpu back to normal.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2020-10-26 16:37:32 UTC
This won't happen anymore. Instead it will skip that folder.