Re: 2.6.22 - Suspend and Weird Load Averages

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Jul 25 2007 - 14:30:21 EST


Hi!

> For the first time since 1997 I have a machine (Mac
> Mini) running a stock kernel which I am
> suspending/resuming for 2 days now without any problems.
> Amongst the various hardware and kernel versions that
> I've used so far this combination is the first to
> suspend/resume without issues!
>
> But one thing that annoys me a bit is that the load
> averages spike up quite a bit after resume although it
> doesn't feel like the machine is loaded -
>
> Before Resume -
> parag@parag-desktop:~$ uptime
> 09:35:14 up 5:18, 2 users, load average: 0.08, 0.87,
> 1.00
> After Resume -
> parag@parag-desktop:~$ uptime
> 09:36:37 up 5:18, 2 users, load average: 12.53, 3.83,
> 1.98
> parag@parag-desktop:~$
>
> Is this a known problem? Worth fixing?

Known, and Rafael/Nigel have patches to fix that.

OTOH I'm not sure it is a problem -- lets just say that suspend is
hard work and therefore it raises load avg?
Pavel
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