Kernel 2.6.30 and udevd problem

[Alberto Gonzalez]

Hello,

I have recently upgraded my kernel to 2.6.30 and I've noticed that at some 
point (randomly), udevd would start using a lot of CPU time. Killing the 
process and starting it with --debug option prints these messages when the 
problem starts:

[22652] event_queue_insert: seq 168515 queued, 'change' 'drm'
[22657] udev_device_new_from_syspath: device 0x2040320 has devpath 
'/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0'
[22657] udev_device_read_db: device 0x2040320 filled with db symlink data 
'/dev/dri/card0'
[22657] udev_rules_apply_to_event: LINK 'char/226:0' /lib/udev/rules.d/50-
udev-default.rules:5
[22657] udev_rules_apply_to_event: NAME 'dri/card0' /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-
default.rules:38
[22657] udev_rules_apply_to_event: GROUP 91 /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-
default.rules:42
[22657] udev_device_new_from_syspath: device 0x2040790 has devpath 
'/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0'
[22657] udev_device_new_from_syspath: device 0x2040a80 has devpath 
'/devices/pci0000:00'
[22657] udev_rules_apply_to_event: RUN 
'socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event' /etc/udev/rules.d/90-hal.rules:2
[22657] udev_device_update_db: create db link (dri/card0 char/226:0)
[22657] udev_node_add: creating device node '/dev/dri/card0', devnum=226:0, 
mode=0660, uid=0, gid=91
[22657] udev_node_mknod: preserve file '/dev/dri/card0', because it has correct 
dev_t
[22657] update_link: '/dev/char/226:0' with target '/dev/dri/card0' has the 
highest priority 0, create it
[22657] node_symlink: preserve already existing symlink '/dev/char/226:0' to 
'../dri/card0'
[22657] udev_monitor_send_device: passed 230 bytes to monitor 0x2040320
[22657] udev_monitor_send_device: passed -1 bytes to monitor 0x2036150
[22657] event_fork: seq 168515 exit with 0
[22652] event_fork: seq 168515 forked, pid [22657], 'change' 'drm', 0 seconds 
old
[22652] udev_done: seq 168515 cleanup, pid [22657], status 0, 0 seconds old

This sequence repeats ad infinitum. I have no clue what it means, so any help 
is appreciated.

My system is a Dell Studio desktop with Intel graphics (G45). I run a standard 
distro kernel (Arch Linux). Please ask me for any other relevant info.

Thanks,
Alberto.
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