From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 05:26:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 05:26:37 -0400 Received: from s217-115-138-173.colo.hosteurope.de ([217.115.138.173]:34055 "HELO mail.cionix.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 05:26:36 -0400 Message-ID: <1022750361.3cf5ee99434bf@mail.cionix.de> Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 11:19:21 +0200 From: Jan Schreiber Reply-to: js@cionix.de To: vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Very High Load on Disk Activity in 2.4.18 (and 2.4.18-pre8) In-Reply-To: <20020525121737Z314546-22651+55555@vger.kernel.org> <1022329607.3cef83072437b@mail.cionix.de> <200205290719.g4T7JVY25856@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 X-Originating-IP: 217.230.253.151 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, > > I'm experiencing a strange effect. As soons as there is some higher disk > > activity (untarring the linux kernel is enough, which really should be no > > problem) the system load gets really high (some times over 10) but the > CPU > > is 100% idle (reported by top). > > Which processes aren't sleeping? Look for STAT values other than 'S' > and/or type 'i' to switch top into no-idle mode. First i would like to thank you for your answer When i do a simple "find / * | grep bla bla" the Load is over 3 after 10 seconds and about 10 after a minute. I did a "top" and switched to non-idle mode. The only processes that appear constantly when the load is such high are "kupdated" and "kreiserfsd". Any ideas? jan schreiber