From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:51:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:50:54 -0400 Received: from borg.org ([208.218.135.231]:14343 "HELO borg.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:50:43 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:51:09 -0400 From: Kent Borg To: Michael Rothwell Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Something Broken in 2.4.9-ac15 Message-ID: <20010925125109.A27695@borg.org> In-Reply-To: <1001377785.1430.7.camel@gromit.house> <20010925112012.C27059@borg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010925112012.C27059@borg.org>; from kentborg@borg.org on Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:20:12AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:20:12AM -0400, I, Kent Borg wrote: > xosview thinks the CPU is pinned at 100% SYS when > nothing is going on. I drag a window around and I get plenty of USR > and even some FREE, but let go and it goes back to 100%. OK, so the above is nonsense. I reverted through each of the kernels I have built of late--and kapm.idled is what is taking up all the time. Which I guess is the right thing to do, I had heard about this once, but then I got confused by it when I suddenly started paying lots of attention. It is unfortunate that an idle daemon doesn't get counted as free, but I think I understand why. Sorry for the confusion. Still, I am convinced the constant report of zero swap usage is wrong in 2.4.9-ac15. -kb