Re: PROBLEM: high load average when idle

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>>>>> "AvdV" == Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> writes:

 AvdV> 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.

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

No, I'm using the standard 5 seconds timeout.

/ Anders
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