From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: CPU utilization increased in 2.6.27rc Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:03:35 +0200 Message-ID: <87tzdoznqg.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> References: <48A23137.2010107@myri.com> <20080812.181549.229367205.davem@davemloft.net> <48A30834.4090802@myri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , netdev@vger.kernel.org, robert@robur.slu.se To: Andrew Gallatin Return-path: Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:35903 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750995AbYHMUDi (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:03:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <48A30834.4090802@myri.com> (Andrew Gallatin's message of "Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:13:40 -0400") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Andrew Gallatin writes: > > 8363 6.5081 vmlinux _raw_spin_lock > 5612 4.3672 oprofiled (no symbols) > 4420 3.4396 ehci_hcd (no symbols) > 4325 3.3657 vmlinux handle_IRQ_event > 3688 2.8700 vmlinux default_idle > 3164 2.4622 vmlinux nv_start_xmit_optimized > 3092 2.4062 vmlinux sk_run_filter ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Looks like you have one of those nasty dhcpcds running that always open a raw socket and intercept everything using a filter? I always hoped those would disappear eventually and just bind to the proper protocol, but they seem to refuse dying. -Andi