20000+ wake-ups/second in 2.6.24. Bug?

[Mark Lord]

Mark Lord wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:31:17 -0500
> > Mark Lord <lkml@xxxxxx> wrote:
...
> > > Speaking of which.. what's with powertop on 2.6.24 ???
> > > It's gone from 100-200 wakeups/sec to 20000 wakeups/sec !!!!!!!
> >
> > ho hum.. Lenovo T61?
> > I have some reports that that happens once in a while (but it's not
> > limited to .24 and it's also real, it's not a powertop bug but it
> > actually is waking up that much)..
> ..
>
> No, it's my hefty Dell Inspiron 9400.
>
> And I just figured out the powertop:  it needed the kernel timers
> patch from the powertop site that was originally for 2.6.21..
...

Dagnabbit.. it's done it again.. went from 100-200 wakeups/sec
back up to 20000+ wakeups/sec.  This time *with* the powertop patches in place.

Somethings broken in there, but I don't know what.
Or how to make it happen on demand.. it's fine after rebooting again.

???

At least now I know to look when I hear the fan turning on
when the system is otherwise supposed to be idle..

2.6.23 did not have this problem.
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