Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | | Subject | Re: Very High Load on Disk Activity in 2.4.18 (and 2.4.18-pre8) | | Date | Wed, 29 May 2002 10:21:20 -0200 |
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On 25 May 2002 10:26, jan.lists@cionix.de wrote: > Hello, > > I'm experiencing a strange effect. As soons as there is some higher disk > activity (untarring the linux kernel is enough, which really should be no > problem) the system load gets really high (some times over 10) but the CPU > is 100% idle (reported by top).
Which processes aren't sleeping? Look for STAT values other than 'S' and/or type 'i' to switch top into no-idle mode. -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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