Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:09:00 -0400 From: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net> To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mkbuelow.net> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: Re: 5.4-prerelease - hanging under load Message-ID: <425425BC.6080006@pldrouin.net> In-Reply-To: <200504040609.j3469g7b001419@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> References: <200504040609.j3469g7b001419@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net>
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Matthias Buelow wrote: >Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes: > > > >>sysctl dev.cpu and look at the current frequency setting. If low, then >>your system is affected and will be fixed soon when I mfc. If not, >>perhaps you have an interrupt storm (vmstat -i) >> >> > >Just for the record. I ran vmstat -i in a loop while untarring the >thunderbird source (causing degraded interactive responsiveness, as >reported in an earlier mail), and couldn't see any noticable increase in >interrupt rate. > >mkb. > > > I've noticed that the idle process is using sometimes as much as 60% of my CPU. Could it be a relation between that and the lag we have with 5.4?
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