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: <1289390424.2191.98.camel@laptop>
Date:	Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:00:24 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
Cc:	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>,
	Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@...e.fr>,
	Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, tmhikaru@...il.com,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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 Tue, 2010-11-09 at 22:45 -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 08:02:28PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Right, I tested it myself yesterday and got similar results. Does the
> > 'simple' patch from a few posts back work for people?
> >
> 
> Apparently it doesn't make a large amount of difference. :/

Crud, ok, back to basics it is.. thanks for testing!
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