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Message-ID: <4702D086.3000005@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:13:10 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Anders Boström <anders@...trom.dyndns.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, torvalds@...l.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: high load average when idle

Anders Boström wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> My computer suffers from high load average when the system is idle,
> introduced by commit 44d306e1508fef6fa7a6eb15a1aba86ef68389a6 .
> 
> Long story:
> 
> 2.6.20 and all later versions I've tested, including 2.6.21 and
> 2.6.22, make the load average high. Even when the computer is totally
> idle (I've tested in single user mode), the load average end up
> at ~0.30. The computer is still responsive, and the only fault seems
> to be the too high load average. All versions up to and including
> 2.6.19.7 is fine, and don't suffer from the problem.
> 


can you tell me if you're tuning ext3 in any way to have a much 
shorter timeout than the standard 5 seconds?
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