Activity log for bug #1479250

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2015-07-29 07:51:59 Daniel van Vugt bug added bug
2015-07-29 07:52:18 Daniel van Vugt bug task added ubuntu-power-consumption
2015-07-29 07:53:15 Daniel van Vugt bug task added qtmir (Ubuntu)
2015-07-29 07:53:21 Daniel van Vugt bug task added qtmir
2015-07-29 07:54:13 Daniel van Vugt description top reports the unity8 process is consuming about 1% CPU even when the phone is idle (screen on): 11688 phablet 20 0 482184 101352 44872 S 1.0 5.4 0:37.10 unity8 This makes unity8 the top consumer of CPU. 1% on modern CPUs like you find in phones is actually a very large amount of work going on (~10 million clock ticks spent executing instructions per second on a 1GHz core). $ system-image-cli -i current build number: 272 device name: mako channel: ubuntu-touch/devel-proposed/ubuntu last update: 2015-07-29 05:53:01 version version: 272 version ubuntu: 20150729 version device: 20150708 version custom: 20150729 Running eventstat shows this CPU time is being used in 5 events per second: Event/s PID Task Init Function Callback 36.36 0 [swapper/0] hrtimer_start_range_ns tick_sched_timer 5.05 11688 unity8 hrtimer_start_range_ns hrtimer_wakeup So it sounds like QtMir's frame dropper is the culprint. top reports the unity8 process is consuming about 1% CPU even when the phone is idle (screen on): 11688 phablet 20 0 482184 101352 44872 S 1.0 5.4 0:37.10 unity8 This makes unity8 the top consumer of CPU. 1% on modern CPUs like you find in phones is actually a very large amount of work going on (~10 million clock ticks spent executing instructions per second on a 1GHz core). $ system-image-cli -i current build number: 272 device name: mako channel: ubuntu-touch/devel-proposed/ubuntu last update: 2015-07-29 05:53:01 version version: 272 version ubuntu: 20150729 version device: 20150708 version custom: 20150729 Running eventstat shows this CPU time is being used in 5 events per second:  Event/s PID Task Init Function Callback    36.36 0 [swapper/0] hrtimer_start_range_ns tick_sched_timer     5.05 11688 unity8 hrtimer_start_range_ns hrtimer_wakeup So it sounds like QtMir's frame dropper is the culprit.
2015-07-29 07:59:43 Daniel van Vugt tags power-management
2015-08-03 10:20:51 Albert Astals Cid bug added subscriber Albert Astals Cid
2015-08-28 09:54:57 Daniel van Vugt branch linked lp:~vanvugt/qtmir/deepsleep
2015-08-31 05:55:17 Daniel van Vugt tags power-management phone power-management
2015-08-31 05:55:34 Daniel van Vugt tags phone power-management phablet power-management
2015-09-02 14:46:28 Gerry Boland qtmir: status New Confirmed
2015-09-02 14:46:30 Gerry Boland qtmir (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2015-09-02 14:46:37 Gerry Boland qtmir (Ubuntu): status Confirmed In Progress
2015-09-02 14:46:39 Gerry Boland qtmir: status Confirmed In Progress
2015-09-02 14:46:42 Gerry Boland qtmir (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2015-09-02 14:46:44 Gerry Boland qtmir: importance Undecided Medium
2015-09-02 14:46:55 Gerry Boland qtmir (Ubuntu): assignee Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
2015-09-02 14:47:02 Gerry Boland qtmir: assignee Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
2015-09-17 17:22:51 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/wily-proposed/qtmir
2015-09-18 01:42:39 Daniel van Vugt qtmir: status In Progress Triaged
2015-09-18 01:42:42 Daniel van Vugt qtmir (Ubuntu): status In Progress Triaged
2015-09-18 01:42:45 Daniel van Vugt qtmir: assignee Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
2015-09-18 01:42:48 Daniel van Vugt qtmir (Ubuntu): assignee Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
2015-09-18 09:51:31 Launchpad Janitor qtmir (Ubuntu): status Triaged Fix Released
2015-09-18 10:02:50 Daniel van Vugt qtmir (Ubuntu): status Fix Released Triaged
2017-01-16 02:49:46 Daniel van Vugt tags phablet power-management performance phablet power-management
2017-02-14 09:19:14 Daniel van Vugt summary unity8 process using CPU when the phone is idle Unity8 wakes up the CPU continuously even when idle
2017-02-14 09:19:33 Daniel van Vugt unity8 (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2017-02-14 09:22:51 Daniel van Vugt unity8 (Ubuntu): importance Medium High
2017-02-14 09:22:58 Daniel van Vugt tags performance phablet power-management performance phablet power-management unity8-desktop
2017-02-15 05:19:52 Daniel van Vugt summary Unity8 wakes up the CPU continuously even when idle Unity8 wakes up the CPU continuously at around 5Hz on a phone
2017-03-13 17:35:27 Michał Sawicz bug task deleted qtmir