From: Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@free.fr>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Strange load average and ksoftirqd behavior with 2.6.29-rc2-git1
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:53:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090127175352.GB3116@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090127160536.GA2241@localhost.localdomain>
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
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2009-01-20 16:25 Strange load average and ksoftirqd behavior with 2.6.29-rc2-git1 Damien Wyart
2009-01-27 16:05 ` Damien Wyart
2009-01-27 17:53 ` Damien Wyart [this message]
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