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Subject: udevd high cpu hogging in kernel-2.6.34   git8 to git-13
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I noticed that since git8, udevd consumes from 50 to 80 percent of cpu.
The main udevd thread is niced to -4, and 6 or more child threads are 
niced -2.

So, I backpedaled to git7, which does not have this "feature" :)

Cheers,

JD