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SubjectRe: Bug? Load avg 2.0 when idle.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 08:45:04PM +0200, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> Joerg Sommrey wrote:
> > there is a load average of 2.0+ even if the box is almost idle. (i.e.
> > "top" shows just one running process: top itself.) Starting two
> > cpu-intensive processes raises the load average to 4.0+. How can I
> > determine the source for the high load, or is this a bug?
> > I'm running 2.6.9 on a dual-athlon box.
>
> Besides other possibilities, a bug in the kernel could be the cause.
> Please check if any process (one or two) is in uninterruptible sleep.
> (using ps axl the state is D)

On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 09:43:42PM +0300, Jan Knutar wrote:
>
> Look for processes stuck in D state...

Thanks,
there was something hanging in D state. Strange enough: it was waiting
for modules to be loaded. After killing a hanging "modprobe" (S state),
the D state processes vanished and load avg returned to normal values.

-jo

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