Re: Runnable threads on run queue
From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Sun Jul 09 2006 - 03:13:21 EST
On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 20:18 +0000, Ask List wrote:
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
> 83 0 1328 301684 37868 1520632 0 0 0 264 400 1332 98 2 0 0
> 17 0 1328 293936 37868 1520688 0 0 0 0 537 979 97 3 0 0
> 73 0 1328 293688 37868 1520712 0 0 0 0 268 2643 98 2 0 0
> 80 0 1328 277220 37868 1520756 0 0 0 0 351 824 98 2 0 0
> 49 0 1328 262452 37868 1520800 0 0 0 0 393 1882 97 3 0 0
> 45 0 1328 246796 37868 1520828 0 0 0 304 302 1631 96 4 0 0
> 55 0 1328 243852 37868 1520872 0 0 0 0 356 1101 99 1 0 0
> 17 0 1328 228672 37868 1520916 0 0 0 0 336 748 97 3 0 0
> 0 0 1328 299948 37868 1520956 0 0 0 0 299 821 78 3 19 0
> 0 0 1328 299184 37868 1520960 0 0 0 0 168 78 8 0 92 0
> 0 0 1328 299184 37868 1520960 0 0 0 248 173 38 0 1 99 0
> 0 0 1328 299184 37868 1520960 0 0 0 0 160 20 0 0 100 0
> 0 0 1328 299184 37868 1520960 0 0 0 0 151 6 0 0 100 0
> 0 0 1328 299184 37868 1520960 0 0 0 0 162 42 0 1 99 0
> 1 0 1328 299188 37868 1520960 0 0 0 0 161 24 0 0 100 0
> 0 0 1328 298808 37868 1520988 0 0 0 100 303 1119 57 0 42 0
> 0 0 1328 298808 37868 1520988 0 0 0 0 162 22 0 1 99 0
Looking at the interrupts column, I suspect you have a network problem,
not a scheduler problem. Looks to me like your SpamAssasins are simply
running out of work to do because your network traffic comes in bursts.
-Mike
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