linux-kernel - Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device

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Date:   Sat, 1 Feb 2020 20:37:49 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@...osoft.de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Darren Stevens <darren@...vens-zone.net>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
        "R.T.Dickinson" <rtd2@...a.co.nz>,
        "contact@...on.com" <contact@...on.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Latest Git kernel: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate
 ioctl for device

[might be network related, so adding netdev mailing list]

On 2/1/20 4:08 PM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We regularly compile and test Linux kernels every day during the merge window. Since Thuesday we have very high CPU loads because of the avahi daemon on our desktop Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian etc).
> 
> Error message: avahi-daemon[2410]: ioctl(): Inappropriate ioctl for device
> 
> Could you please test the latest Git kernel?
> 
> It is possible to deactivate the avahi daemon with the following lines in the file "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf":
> 
> use-ipv4=no
> use-ipv6=no
> 
> But this is only a temporary solution.
> 
> Thanks,
> Christian


-- 
~Randy