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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Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:53:37 -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 09:48:43PM -0400, tm@ wrote:
> 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

Uhh, problem. This patch does not apply to git checkout
74f5187ac873042f502227701ed1727e7c5fbfa9

which is the version of the kernel that first exhibits this flaw.

which version of the kernel does this patch apply cleanly to?

Tim McGrath

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