Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:51:28 +0100 | From | Damien Wyart <> | Subject | Re: [Bug #12650] Strange load average and ksoftirqd behavior with 2.6.29-rc2-git1 |
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> > Load average is between 0.30 and 0.60 when the machine is idle, the > > two ksoftirqd threads get a very high total running time in top. > > This is on a P4 machine. On a recent laptop, the load is not as > > high, but the ksoftirqd threads also get a very high total running > > time.
> Mind having a look at this anomaly with the function graph tracer? We are > interested in a representative trace that shows the weird ksoftirq activities. > [ which trace could possibly pinpoint their origin. ]
> Here's the tracing quickstart:
> http://redhat.com/~mingo/tip.git/tracing-quickstart.txt
> Also attached below. Let me know if you have trouble getting a good trace, > or if any of the steps were non-intuitive or burdensome to you.
Thanks for your feedback & explanations; I will try to have a look at all this material asap, I think tomorrow.
Damien
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