Public bug reported: After I updated to Ubuntu 18.04 I noticed that chromium interactions (scroll for example) and mouse pointer itself started to freeze for hundreds of milliseconds (0.1s - 0.2s).
So, I was constantly scrolling (in order to reproduce the bug) while running perf top, and it pointed to this function: sudo perf top -t 1892 -d 5 --call-graph fp Children Self Shared Object Symbol - 80,55% 0,00% libc-2.27.so [.] __GI___ioctl - 76,84% __GI___ioctl 71,67% _nv029804rm - 1,12% _nv020749rm - 1,03% os_release_spinlock 0,97% _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore - 71,69% 71,67% [kernel] [k] _nv029804rm 71,58% 0x180000012a __GI___ioctl _nv029804rm - 16,75% 0,00% [unknown] [k] 0x000000180000012a 0x180000012a - __GI___ioctl 15,25% _nv029804rm - 8,67% 0,25% libc-2.27.so [.] syscall - 5,45% syscall 1,89% syscall_return_via_sysret - 1,05% entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe - 1,22% do_syscall_64 top command also showed that this process was eating one core. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: chromium-browser 65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue May 1 10:38:19 2018 Desktop-Session: 'plasma' '/etc/xdg/xdg-plasma:/etc/xdg:/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kf5-settings' '/usr/share/plasma:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' DetectedPlugins: Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-16 (136 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1) InstalledPlugins: Load-Avg-1min: 1.64 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1% MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-20-generic root=UUID=e3723f86-9a4d-4166-960b-88262212fcc6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-02 (28 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/31/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0408 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: PRIME Z370-A dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0408:bd08/31/2017:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnPRIMEZ370-A:rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ** Description changed: After I updated to Ubuntu 18.04 I noticed that chromium interactions (scroll for example) and mouse pointer itself started to freeze for - hundreds of milliseconds (0.1s - 0/2s). + hundreds of milliseconds (0.1s - 0.2s). So, I was constantly scrolling (in order to reproduce the bug) while running perf top, and it pointed to this function: sudo perf top -t 1892 -d 5 --call-graph fp - Children Self Shared Object Symbol + Children Self Shared Object Symbol - 80,55% 0,00% libc-2.27.so [.] __GI___ioctl - - 76,84% __GI___ioctl - 71,67% _nv029804rm - - 1,12% _nv020749rm - - 1,03% os_release_spinlock - 0,97% _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore + - 76,84% __GI___ioctl + 71,67% _nv029804rm + - 1,12% _nv020749rm + - 1,03% os_release_spinlock + 0,97% _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore - 71,69% 71,67% [kernel] [k] _nv029804rm - 71,58% 0x180000012a - __GI___ioctl - _nv029804rm + 71,58% 0x180000012a + __GI___ioctl + _nv029804rm - 16,75% 0,00% [unknown] [k] 0x000000180000012a - 0x180000012a - - __GI___ioctl - 15,25% _nv029804rm + 0x180000012a + - __GI___ioctl + 15,25% _nv029804rm - 8,67% 0,25% libc-2.27.so [.] syscall - - 5,45% syscall - 1,89% syscall_return_via_sysret - - 1,05% entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe - - 1,22% do_syscall_64 + - 5,45% syscall + 1,89% syscall_return_via_sysret + - 1,05% entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe + - 1,22% do_syscall_64 top command also showed that this process was eating one core. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: chromium-browser 65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue May 1 10:38:19 2018 Desktop-Session: - 'plasma' - '/etc/xdg/xdg-plasma:/etc/xdg:/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kf5-settings' - '/usr/share/plasma:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' + 'plasma' + '/etc/xdg/xdg-plasma:/etc/xdg:/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kf5-settings' + '/usr/share/plasma:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' DetectedPlugins: - + Env: - 'None' - 'None' + 'None' + 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-16 (136 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1) InstalledPlugins: - + Load-Avg-1min: 1.64 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1% MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-20-generic root=UUID=e3723f86-9a4d-4166-960b-88262212fcc6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-02 (28 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/31/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0408 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: PRIME Z370-A dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0408:bd08/31/2017:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnPRIMEZ370-A:rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768199 Title: Chromium freezes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1768199/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs