linux-kernel - Re: High CPU load when machine is idle (related to PROBLEM: Unusually high load average when idle in 2.6.35, 2.6.35.1 and later)

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Message-ID: <20101021014843.GA21295@roll>
Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:48:43 -0400
From:	tmhikaru@...il.com
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@...e.fr>,
	Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: High CPU load when machine is idle (related to PROBLEM: Unusually high load average when idle in 2.6.35, 2.6.35.1 and later)

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 07:26:45PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> 
> OK, how does this work for people? I find my idle load is still a tad
> high, but maybe I'm not patient enough.

I haven't had a chance to keep up with the topic, and I apologize. I'll be
testing this as soon as I can finish compiling it. Thank you all for not
letting this go unfixed.

Tim McGrath
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