Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:35:53 +0200 | Subject | Re: ???UNSURE??? Re: Unwanted activation of root-processes getting highly activated | From | andreas-stoewing <> |
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Listed processes get already highly active during the start of pale moon, before the surfing itself. No webside is called, when it already happens.
Gesendet von Andreas
Am 14.10.2021 20:27 schrieb Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>: > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 12:40:08PM +0000, secret wrote: > > Hi, > > Firejail must have caused the high activity. > > Whenever I stop it (process firejail), they lower to origin. > > This is what I had been trying to tell you repeatedly. Firejail > (firefox run in a sandbox/jail) is a browser which will do various > activities on behalf of whatever web pages that you visit. Some of > these webpages may have javascript, or other web-based application > code which is causing a lot of file I/O. So when visiting that web > page causes firefox to execute a lot of file I/O, on behalf of the web > site, in order to service the file I/O, the kernel will do that work > in the kernel threads that you seem to be objecting to having > activity. > > However, those kernel threads being active when there is file I/O is > *normal*. It is the system working as intended. I don't know why you > would be objecting to those kernel threads being active, but if you > don't like it, don't do any file I/O, and if that means not using > firefox (or "firejail") to visit those web sites. > > Regards, > > - Ted
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