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:	Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:03:27 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@...e.fr>
Cc:	tmhikaru@...il.com, Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>,
	Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	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 Thu, 2010-11-25 at 14:31 +0100, Damien Wyart wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Do you have a plan about solving this problem in the coming weeks or
> will it still be present in 2.6.37 final? I am not implying any critic
> in any way, just want to know a status because compared to other bugs
> discussed in lkml, this one has seen very little technical proposals
> towards a resolution (except your attempts). People who signed off the
> discussed commit did not make any technical analysis about the bug
> reported and this gives a strange feeling. Earth will not stop rotating
> if it is not solved, but I still this it is quite important and affects
> many users. 

Yes I agree, I've put the problem on the back burner for a bit so that I
can forget all my tinkering and try again with a fresher mind :-)

I'll try and get around to it somewhere this week again.
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