background process apport routinely using 100% CPU

[themusicgod1]

Seems to be when mediascanner-2.0 is not running when *it's* usually the process that takes up 100% cpu ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mediascanner2/+bug/1398614 )...that apport begins to run at 100% cpu for an indeterminate time(after awhile of heating up my computer, I typically kill -9 it).

#0 __memcpy_sse2_unaligned () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S:81
#1 0x00000000005b6d18 in ?? ()
#2 0x000000000051bdbe in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#3 0x0000000000523de7 in ?? ()
#4 0x000000000051f992 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#5 0x000000000051f294 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
#6 0x0000000000523de7 in ?? ()
#7 0x0000000000524b0f in PyEval_EvalCode ()
#8 0x00000000005fd5f2 in ?? ()
#9 0x00000000005ffb2a in PyRun_FileExFlags ()
#10 0x00000000005ffd1c in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags ()
#11 0x000000000063f886 in Py_Main ()
#12 0x00000000004d00e1 in main ()

cpu: 4 cores:
example:
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 58
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz
stepping : 9
microcode : 0x15
cpu MHz : 1581.125
cache size : 3072 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 3
initial apicid : 3
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm epb tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts
bugs :
bogomips : 5188.25
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Ubuntu: 16.04.1 LTS xenial

apport:
apport:
  Installed: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Candidate: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-40.60-generic 4.4.21
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportLog:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Sep 29 20:28:43 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-09 (813 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140708)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-16 (44 days ago)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Looking at your CrashReports.txt file it seems that mediascanner has crashed. This would cause apport to then run and information to the crash file before sending it to the Ubuntu Error Tracker.

[themusicgod1 (themusicgod1)]

since mediascanner doesn't seem to crash so much in 16.10 ...this might be way harder to reproduce / isn't as much of a problem.