linux-kernel - Re: Very high CPU load when idle with 3.0-rc1

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Date:	Mon, 30 May 2011 13:50:41 +0200
From:	Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@...e.fr>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Very high CPU load when idle with 3.0-rc1

> Testing 3.0-rc1 on a core i7 (4 cores + HT), I get a load average of 9.0
> when idle. No process is shown running or in "D state" in htop. The box
> is behaving normal, no impression of lag or slowness.

> Not sure what other info to include, I guess this should be quite easy
> to reproduce.

Here the .config in case it is needed for further testing...

-- 
Damien Wyart

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