Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:59:10 +0200 | From | Joerg Sommrey <> | Subject | Re: Bug? Load avg 2.0 when idle. |
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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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