On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:52:11 -0700
JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> By default: mlocate.cron
>
> #!/bin/sh
> nodevs=$(< /proc/filesystems awk '$1 == "nodev" { print $2 }')
> renice +19 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1
> ionice -c2 -n7 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1
> /usr/bin/updatedb -f "$nodevs"
>
> So, it is already set to low priority, both for scheduling (with
> renice) and for ionice (n 7 is lowest io priority).
> All -c3 does is run only when cpu is idle.
>
Actually c3 is when io is idle, not cpu. That's somewhat important if
your gui is trying to use the disk. But you are right, mlocate is set
to a low priority. Maybe they changed them because someone else had the
issue. ;-)
It means it is unlikely to be Jim's issue. Unless he's running strigi
or something like that and it isn't behaving.
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