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From: Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex+lists-linux-kernel@apartia.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ksoftirqd/n permanently eating 60% of a CPU
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:52:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100913075237.GA18081@apartia.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100912185715.GA8775@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de>

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 08:57:15PM +0200, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> > Examining /proc/interrupts shows that "Local timer interrupts" are
> > mainly firing.
> 
> > Strangely enough, the interrupt storm starts only 5 minutes or so after
> > bootup.
> 
> And have you tried running powertop or manually (perhaps via
> sophisticated shell script) keeping a watch on
> /proc/timer[list|stats]?

Hi,

powertop seems to give a strong hint:

	54.5% (250.2)   [kernel core] dsp_cmx_send (dsp_cmx_send)
	25.8% (118.6)   usbhid-ups
	5.8% ( 26.7)   [ahci] <interrupt>
	2.6% ( 12.0)   [kernel core] usb_hcd_poll_rh_status (rh_timer_func)

Apparently dsp_cmx_send is in the mISDN stack which, in my kernel, is
compiled statically. This happens regardless of the box having isdn
hardware.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-09-13  7:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-05 17:39 ksoftirqd/n permanently eating 60% of a CPU Louis-David Mitterrand
2010-09-12 10:31 ` Andreas Mohr
2010-09-12 15:41   ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2010-09-12 18:57     ` Andreas Mohr
2010-09-13  7:52       ` Louis-David Mitterrand [this message]
2010-09-13 10:09         ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2010-09-12 19:09     ` Andreas Mohr

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