Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:26:50 +0100 | | From | Jan Rekorajski <> | | Subject | Re: Nasty regression from .27.7 to .27.8: idle samba goes crazy |
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On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Jan Rekorajski wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Manfred Spraul wrote: > > >> On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 23:22:46 +0100 > >> Jan Rekorajski <baggins@sith.mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: > >> > >>> I think you can safely rule out NIC, I'm also seeing this behaviour on a > >>> brand new server with imap hanging in some busy-loop. > >>> Network card in my case: > >>> Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) > >>> > >>> What I observer was one CPU doing 100% system work, and the number of > >>> timer interrupts went from 1k per second to 4k (for the whole system). > >>> > >>> > > Could you try the attached patch? > > It should fix the bug. > > Thank you, I'm currently running 2.6.27.8 with your patch, I'll report > after 12-24 hours.
top - 19:20:59 up 17:22, 34 users, load average: 0.34, 0.41, 0.33
So, it seems that your patch cured my problem, as that server couldn't survive more than 8 hours previously (2-3 was norm).
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