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Date:      Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:40:03 -0400
From:      Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        Matthias Buelow <mkb@mkbuelow.net>
Subject:   Re: 5.4-prerelease - hanging under load
Message-ID:  <42542D03.7050007@pldrouin.net>
In-Reply-To: <42542C6F.6010508@root.org>
References:  <200504040609.j3469g7b001419@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> <425425BC.6080006@pldrouin.net> <42542C6F.6010508@root.org>

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Nate Lawson wrote:

> Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote:
>
>> Matthias Buelow wrote:
>>
>>> Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes:
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>> sysctl dev.cpu and look at the current frequency setting.  If low, 
>>>> then your system is affected and will be fixed soon when I mfc.  If 
>>>> not, perhaps you have an interrupt storm (vmstat -i)
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just for the record. I ran vmstat -i in a loop while untarring the
>>> thunderbird source (causing degraded interactive responsiveness, as
>>> reported in an earlier mail), and couldn't see any noticable 
>>> increase in
>>> interrupt rate.
>>>
>>> mkb.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>> I've noticed that the idle process is using sometimes as much as 60% 
>> of my CPU. Could it be a relation between that and the lag we have 
>> with 5.4?
>
>
> That is different.  sysctl hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest="C1" to see if that 
> works around it.
>
I already have this



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