Here's some profiler output that shows the CPU is mostly occupied by g_variant_ functions. Those are used to encode data attached to the dbus messages sent between unity and unity-panel-service.
** Changed in: unity Status: In Progress => Confirmed ** Changed in: unity Assignee: Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Confirmed ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Assignee: Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) => (unassigned) ** Attachment added: "ups-callgrind.out" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/785648/+attachment/2248480/+files/ups-callgrind.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785648 Title: unity-panel-service eats cpu when scrubbing through menubar To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/785648/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs