[Bug 1704623] Re: Use 100% time proc when drop caches is enabled

[Balint Reczey]

I'm wondering how unattended-upgrade breaks.
The whole system may be running slower without caching and seeing running u-u at 100% when there are many updates to install does not sound like a breakage.


** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

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Title:
  Use 100% time proc when drop caches is enabled

Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add line vm.drop_caches=3 which disable
  caches, rstart pc

  On top will see unattended-upgr broken on 100% load.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: unattended-upgrades 0.90ubuntu0.6
  Uname: Linux 4.6.2+ x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Sun Jul 16 11:38:24 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-29 (442 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: unattended-upgrades
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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