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cascius

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Deleting files from smartlist takes a lot of CPU
« on: June 15, 2005, 12:46:57 am »

I'm having a problem when deleting items from my duplicate smartlist, MC stops responding (using 50% CPU). The music and library are on a removable HDD if that matters at all.

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Re: Deleting files from smartlist takes a lot of CPU
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2005, 02:06:14 pm »

I'm having a problem when deleting items from my duplicate smartlist, MC stops responding (using 50% CPU). The music and library are on a removable HDD if that matters at all.

This happens also on my PC when deleting files from my Missing Files smartlist. Rule: [=IsMissing([Filename])]

The CPU usage would be ~100%, but because I have P4 HyperThreading enabled and MC uses only one of the two virtual processors it is only 50%.
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Re: Deleting files from smartlist takes a lot of CPU
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2005, 04:25:26 pm »

This happens also on my PC when deleting files from my Missing Files smartlist. Rule: [=IsMissing([Filename])]

The CPU usage would be ~100%, but because I have P4 HyperThreading enabled and MC uses only one of the two virtual processors it is only 50%.

That expression is physically checking for every file.  It could be very slow depending on your environment.
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Re: Deleting files from smartlist takes a lot of CPU
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2005, 04:43:11 pm »

That expression is physically checking for every file. It could be very slow depending on your environment.

Yes, I know, but that is not what happens. In this case CPU usage maxes out and MC hangs totally. It will not recover. Only killing it in Task Manager helps.
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Re: Deleting files from smartlist takes a lot of CPU
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2005, 05:12:39 pm »

Effectively the problem crashes MC instantly when "delete from library" is accepted. I just mentioned the CPU usage because probably also cascius uses HyperThreading.
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Re: Deleting files from smartlist takes a lot of CPU
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2005, 05:29:55 pm »

Can you reproduce on other smartlists?

Can you reproduce if you don't delete from disk?

Thanks for any more details.
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Re: Deleting files from smartlist takes a lot of CPU
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2005, 06:13:49 am »

This is interesting. I can't reproduce the problem anymore after booting the PC this morning. Executing the search takes a long time (as always) and a during the search CPU usage is only 3-7% (I didn't check that earlier). Once the smartlist is ready I have no problems deleting missing files from the library. The other smartlists work OK too. I can delete files from the library and from the disk.

Yesterday I could reproduce the problem after a reboot. I wonder what happened during the last night. Perhaps MC was just tired and needed some rest.  ?  ;D

cascius, can you tell anything more about your case?
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Re: Deleting files from smartlist takes a lot of CPU
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2005, 10:04:49 am »

The SmartList deleting problem fix will be in the next build.
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Re: Deleting files from smartlist takes a lot of CPU
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2005, 12:54:41 pm »

It also happens on my computer sometimes. It even crash MC once when I try to delete duplicate files.

Hopefully it will be fixed next build! =)
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