Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261584AbUJXS7U (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:59:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261586AbUJXS7U (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:59:20 -0400 Received: from bender.bawue.de ([193.7.176.20]:38312 "EHLO bender.bawue.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261584AbUJXS7Q (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:59:16 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:59:10 +0200 From: Joerg Sommrey To: Christian Borntraeger , Jan Knutar Cc: Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: Bug? Load avg 2.0 when idle. Message-ID: <20041024185910.GA13582@sommrey.de> Mail-Followup-To: Joerg Sommrey , Christian Borntraeger , Jan Knutar , Linux kernel mailing list References: <20041024182918.GA12532@sommrey.de> <200410242143.51025.jk-lkml@sci.fi> <20041024182918.GA12532@sommrey.de> <200410242045.04901.linux-kernel@borntraeger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200410242143.51025.jk-lkml@sci.fi> <200410242045.04901.linux-kernel@borntraeger.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1241 Lines: 30 On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 08:45:04PM +0200, Christian Borntraeger wrote: > Joerg Sommrey wrote: > > there is a load average of 2.0+ even if the box is almost idle. (i.e. > > "top" shows just one running process: top itself.) Starting two > > cpu-intensive processes raises the load average to 4.0+. How can I > > determine the source for the high load, or is this a bug? > > I'm running 2.6.9 on a dual-athlon box. > > Besides other possibilities, a bug in the kernel could be the cause. > Please check if any process (one or two) is in uninterruptible sleep. > (using ps axl the state is D) On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 09:43:42PM +0300, Jan Knutar wrote: > > Look for processes stuck in D state... Thanks, there was something hanging in D state. Strange enough: it was waiting for modules to be loaded. After killing a hanging "modprobe" (S state), the D state processes vanished and load avg returned to normal values. -jo -- -rw-r--r-- 1 jo users 63 2004-10-24 19:38 /home/jo/.signature - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/