I have same problem on GCP VM(n1-standard-2 and g1-small). a result of dstat indicate that xz and python3 consume most of cpu time on the task. I think this is fatal thing on small core machine.
** Attachment added: "dstat result" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1396787/+attachment/4640632/+files/unattended-upgrades-dstat.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396787 Title: checking trust of archives eats a lot of cpu Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: (System: Ubuntu 14.04, up to date packages) I noticed that unattended-upgrades spends a significant amount of time in phases where it runs at 100% cpu. On a slower machine (core 2 t7200 2GHz) this goes on for minutes rather than seconds. This interferes with using the machine for other tasks. Using the --debug option to unattended-upgrades shows that the program outputs a lot of lines like the following during these 100% cpu phases: matching 'a'='trusty-updates' against '<Origin component:'universe' archive:'trusty-updates' origin:'Ubuntu' label:'Ubuntu' site:'de.archive.ubuntu.com' isTrusted:True> From this output I guess the operation executed is not so complicated that it should require so much cpu power. ?? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unattended-upgrades 0.82.1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 26 21:53:57 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-28 (90 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unattended-upgrades UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1396787/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
