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Message-ID: <20070725133919.GA9256@ucw.cz>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:39:20 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@...uxmail.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.22 - Suspend and Weird Load Averages

Hi!

> For the first time since 1997 I have a machine (Mac 
> Mini) running a stock kernel which I am 
> suspending/resuming for 2 days now without any problems. 
> Amongst the various hardware and kernel versions that 
> I've used so far this combination is the first to 
> suspend/resume without issues!
> 
> But one thing that annoys me a bit is that the load 
> averages spike up quite a bit after resume although it 
> doesn't feel like the machine is loaded  -
> 
> Before Resume -
> parag@...ag-desktop:~$ uptime
> 09:35:14 up  5:18,  2 users,  load average: 0.08, 0.87, 
> 1.00
> After Resume -
> parag@...ag-desktop:~$ uptime
> 09:36:37 up  5:18,  2 users,  load average: 12.53, 3.83, 
> 1.98
> parag@...ag-desktop:~$
> 
> Is this a known problem? Worth fixing?

Known, and Rafael/Nigel have patches to fix that.

OTOH I'm not sure it is a problem -- lets just say that suspend is
hard work and therefore it raises load avg?
							Pavel
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