lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2009]   [Jan]   [27]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Strange load average and ksoftirqd behavior with 2.6.29-rc2-git1
Hello,

> > Testing 2.6.29-rc2-git1, I notice something which doesn't happen with
> > 2.6.28.1 on the same machine with the same config (minus new config
> > entries for 2.6.29) : when the machine is idle, the load average
> > reported by top is not 0.00 (it is with 2.6.28.1) but between 0.30 and
> > 0.80 and either ksoftirqd/0 or ksoftirqd/1 is listed as number one in
> > top output, with a few % of CPU. The machine seems to work fine but
> > I think something is still wrong.

> The problem is still present in 2.6.29-rc2-git3 on this P4 machine,
> but I do not see it on a Centrino laptop.

Sorry for this half-true claim, after double check, the problem is
*also* present on the Centrino laptop.

--
Damien Wyart


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2009-01-27 18:59    [W:1.725 / U:0.044 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site