Re: Patch: fix 100% cpu when mime-info files are updated

[Mark McLoughlin <mark skynet ie>]

Hi,

On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 10:00, Frederic Crozat wrote:
> The following patch fixes 100% cpu usage in nautilus (and probably other
> apps) when mime-info files are modified. To trigger it, simply run
> "touch /usr/share/mime-info/*" and see nautilus (and maybe your desktop)
> frozen for a long time :)) This bug has been here since GNOME 2.2 :((
> 
> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457
> 
> Since I'm the patch author, I can't give my r-t approval on it :)
> 
> Patch was reviewed by Alex.

	I have to say I'm a little worried about a patch like this going in at
this stage. It looks potentially risky - changing (even slightly) the
behaviour/semantics of gnome-vfs this close to the release.

	Also, I don't really understand why this fixes the bug and why we're
adding the timeout to gnome-vfs rather than Nautilus.

Good Luck,
Mark.