mount.ntfs takes up to 100% CPU time.

[RobinJ]

Sometimes I notice that mount.ntfs takes up more of my CPU time than it should.
30% isn't as alarming, but if this goes on for a while without me running sudo killall mount.ntfs, then after a while whole the system starts to freeze (each tiome it freezes for a bit longer). I've only got one NTFS partition (/dev/sda6, mounted at /media/Data).
So is anyone here able to explain to me why mount.ntfs takes up all of my CPU time if I don't kill it on time?
Also, is there any known solution for this problem? Because it's quite annoying.

[lordloh]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/392204

It looks like a known bug from 2009! And I am experiencing the same problem

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root      3189 27.4  0.0  15784  1364 ?        Ds   14:01   8:16 /sbin/mount.ntfs /dev/sdc1 /media/TOSHIBA EXT -o rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=

[DrHu]

Looked at the link, poster 32 compiled the version available from source
--that is usually the best place to find updated bug fixes, as it should be more quickly deployed: they (the authors/source developer(s)) don't have to wait for an extended approval process..
http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

Installation
Linux: Most distributions include and use NTFS-3G by default. Please use that one unless it’s an old version. If you wish to install NTFS-3G from the source code then make sure you have installed the basic development tools (gcc compiler, libc-dev libraries). Then type:

--there have been complaints about speed, but that was on MAC OS-X systems..
Please use that one unless it’s an old version..
--that's their (ntfs-3g developer) warning, however if it compiles and can be installed, I don't particularly see that it would be an issue.