Infinite compaction loop?

[Tudmotu]

I'm trying to access an Ethereum DB which about 1TB in size.

Immediately on calling open(), the leveldb LOG file starts printing the following lines over and over again:

2023/01/25-19:00:25.972517 7f512de5e700 Compacting 1@2 + 8@3 files
2023/01/25-19:00:25.983790 7f512de5e700 Generated table #13798933@2: 1426 keys, 524408 bytes
2023/01/25-19:00:25.989548 7f512de5e700 Generated table #13798934@2: 1335 keys, 484178 bytes
2023/01/25-19:00:25.994915 7f512de5e700 Generated table #13798935@2: 1443 keys, 534255 bytes
2023/01/25-19:00:26.000565 7f512de5e700 Generated table #13798936@2: 1405 keys, 507921 bytes
2023/01/25-19:00:26.007436 7f512de5e700 Generated table #13798937@2: 1484 keys, 527112 bytes
2023/01/25-19:00:26.012568 7f512de5e700 Generated table #13798938@2: 1535 keys, 559004 bytes
2023/01/25-19:00:26.019553 7f512de5e700 Generated table #13798939@2: 2506 keys, 548458 bytes
2023/01/25-19:00:26.024701 7f512de5e700 Generated table #13798940@2: 2276 keys, 361713 bytes
2023/01/25-19:00:26.024714 7f512de5e700 Compacted 1@2 + 8@3 files => 4047049 bytes
2023/01/25-19:00:26.056418 7f512de5e700 compacted to: files[ 0 66 842 7135 65110 406111 105772 ]
2023/01/25-19:00:26.312935 7f512de5e700 Delete type=2 #13798056
2023/01/25-19:00:26.319244 7f512de5e700 Delete type=2 #13798932
2023/01/25-19:00:26.454692 7f512de5e700 Delete type=2 #13740731
2023/01/25-19:00:26.454883 7f512de5e700 Delete type=2 #13740732
2023/01/25-19:00:26.454990 7f512de5e700 Delete type=2 #13740733
2023/01/25-19:00:26.455085 7f512de5e700 Delete type=2 #13740734
2023/01/25-19:00:26.455182 7f512de5e700 Delete type=2 #13740735
2023/01/25-19:00:26.455278 7f512de5e700 Delete type=2 #13740736
2023/01/25-19:00:26.455373 7f512de5e700 Delete type=2 #13740737

Trying to read from the DB seems to take longer than usual, and the more I wait the slower the read speed becomes.

Any pointers at what to look at? Can I somehow disable compaction when opening a DB?

Thanks!