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#1 2015-03-24 13:44:15
- n3m
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(Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Hi,
as mentioned in the title, this is bugging me a bit. I can't find why this, so I'm asking here, maybe someone can reproduce it too. By now, I didn't notice any decrease of battery performance on the notebook besides the usual battery wear.
First of all, my setup:
Desktop:
- Xeon E3 1231 @3.4GHz
- GeForce GTX 970
- 120GB Crucial SSD
- Dualboot Windows 8.1 (gummiboot)
- Gnome 3.14
Notebook:
- Intel i7 2670QM @2.2GHz
- ATI Radeon 7610M
- 240GB Mushkin SSD
- Dualboot Windows 7 (grub)
- i3 + compton
What I noticed:
Right after boot the loadavg is at about 0.20, then slowly raises to 1.10. After some time working the loadavg is at about 1.40 or sometimes even higher.
When watching htop as root I can't find anything that would be at > 100% CPU usage, basically all of it (when using Chromium for example) sums up to about 20% at max.
Even without running xorg the load goes up to 1.10
My actual post/question
Can anybody else reproduce it? I'm experiencing this on both machines, desktop and notebook. My notebook should be quite clean as I did a fresh install about a month ago and I'm only using a very minimal setup (about 450 packages, really nothing special besides Chromium and Eclipse) and this issue still exists. At first I thought this issue might be caused by something like missing trim, but I verified this and the issue still exists. I read this topic and they suggested downgrading to a lower kernel version, but my kernel version is 3.19.2, which is far ahead of 3.3.4.
What might cause this high load?
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#2 2015-04-08 10:57:23
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Hi n3m,
I have the same issue on my notebook (Intel i5-2557M). Haven't found any solution so far, except downgrading to linux-3.18.6.
pacman -U http://seblu.net/a/arm/2015/03/17/core/os/x86_64/linux-3.18.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xzHave you been able to solve it?
Cheers,
Marcus
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#3 2015-04-08 11:57:48
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Same here; I've also downgraded a few machines to 3.18.6; it seems there isn't a real load but the number is still too high. I've seen the same problem with i/o; atop claimed 100% io time while the machine was doing nothing. Haven't found any bugreport so far.. This happens on both virtualised clients and bare-metal machines
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#4 2015-04-08 22:08:14
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Here too, I didnt downgrade yet, so I tried out, what happens if I quit X and everything else, just having my shell active - loadavg slowly decreases to a minimum of 1.01 
Even though, if I have X active and using arch as usual, CPU consumption sum is maybe 10-15% (is it really normal, that firefox is so resource hungry...) but loadavg is even higher now, at least 1.21 and above.
Maybe I should downgrade too.
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#5 2015-04-19 16:48:10
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
So, it's been some time now. I've been monitoring it a bit, looking at updates and so on.
I have not been able to sort this issue out, but I did a reinstall on my desktop and now the load is at 0.0 - 0.5 at max, so back to normal. I thought it might be some package that has services running in the background, so I looked into into a diff between desktop and notebook. Here's the result:
adobe-source-code-pro-fonts
alsa-oss
bash-completion
bsd-games
cmatrix
dialog
dmenu-recent-aliases
dosfstools
eclipse-java
gcc-multilib
gdb
grub
haveged
hdparm
highlight
htop
i3lock-background
iotop
jdk8-openjdk
jmtpfs
libsynaptics
libxkbcommon-x11
mpv
myman
numix-icon-theme-git
openssh
os-prober
p7zip
powertop
pv
rfkill
sasm-git
sshfs
tk
ttf-dejavu
ttf-inconsolata
unzip
wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant_gui
xclip
xf86-input-synaptics
xf86-video-ati
xf86-video-intel
xorg-server
xorg-xinput
xorg-xkill
xterm
zathura
zathura-pdf-poppler
zipAs I can't see any packages that might be causing the load issue (haveged is turned off, thought of that too), you might want to check out if you have the same packages, to find the source.
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#6 2015-04-19 19:20:25
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
I experience it on servers, they have none of those packages (except haveged and openssh)
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#7 2015-04-30 11:56:54
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
I still have the problemof high load average after upgrading the kernel to 4.0.1-1...
Have you found any solution yet?
Time for a bug report?
I'm using an Asus K53S with Intel i5-2430M and Nvidia Geforce GT 540M.
I'm using Arch with lxdm and xfce.
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#8 2015-05-03 11:21:06
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Not yet. I'll go for a reinstall soon as this really bugs me and it actually fixed it on my desktop. I'll report if it fixed it, when I'll find the time to backup and install everything.
My model is an Asus K53SV (specs see first post), maybe this could be part of the issue too?
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#9 2015-05-03 11:41:58
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Me having same issue on Asus laptop..... downgraded to 3.18 series and still no luck..... time for bug report I suppose.....
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#10 2015-05-05 10:14:05
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Asus k53SC CPU i3, nvidia GT520M. Arch with i3wm
same issue, load average is >1.0, on debian/ubuntu or fedora i havent this problem.
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#11 2015-05-05 21:35:30
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Alright, I linked the bug report to this thread, maybe someone finds an answer.
Fresh install didn't help on my machine either, but as far as I can tell it still doesn't affect battery life. Yet I'd be happy to see this fixed as this is really irritating when looking on your i3bar.
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#12 2015-05-11 11:54:30
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
I found out (by chance) what causes the issue on my notebook. The load only rises, if I have an nfs-share mounted. Yesterday, I wasn't at home, the share was not mounted, the load didn't rise.
/etc/fstab on notebook:
nfsserver:/ /srv nfs defaults 0 0/etc/exports on server:
/srv 192.168.2.0/24(rw,async,no_subtree_check,fsid=0,no_root_squash)Any ideas?
Cheers, Marcus
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#13 2015-05-11 12:22:55
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
A quick test shows the same behaviour, I have unmounted an nfs4 share and load drops gradually
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#14 2015-05-13 15:24:54
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Upgrade to linux-4.0.2-1 solved the issue for me.
Cheers
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#15 2015-05-15 08:57:17
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
I can confirm, thanks for the notification
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#16 2015-05-15 13:12:51
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
I got no nfs mounts and upgrading to linux-4.0.2-1 didnt change anything :S
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#17 2015-05-16 18:10:14
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
I just updated and it still seems to not solve this issue.
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#18 2015-05-19 08:36:23
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Sounds like there are different issues. I've updated ~ 10 machines and the results were pretty obvious.
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#19 2015-05-19 17:09:22
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
I have the same problem with kernel 4.0.3. KDE is starting VERY slow (minutes).
This is the output of cat /proc/loadavg while starting KDE Plasma:
6.42 3.32 1.35 2/441 1965After few minutes (!!)
0.30 1.77 1.13 1/427 2094I have other two kernels installed:
Linux-rt 3.18.13_rt9 is OK
Linux-ck same problem
--> I have tried to boot from another installation of archlinux (with LXQt) in USB stick and all seems fine. This evening I will re-check.
P.S. The problem started with kernel 3.19.x, no problem with 3.18.x
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#20 2015-05-20 20:39:11
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Still got the problem with linux 4.0.4-1...
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#21 2015-05-22 21:00:05
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Threads like this are going to attract a dozen "me too" posters for wholly different causes because no one has actually looked at what's causing their high load.
If you're looking for it with htop you're probably missing processes because they're kernel threads (unhide with shift-K) or run as other users (sudo htop).
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#22 2015-05-23 16:27:30
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Threads like this are going to attract a dozen "me too" posters for wholly different causes because no one has actually looked at what's causing their high load.
If you're looking for it with htop you're probably missing processes because they're kernel threads (unhide with shift-K) or run as other users (sudo htop).
I can't speak for others, but I took a look at processes (thx for your advise anyway) and thought I dont have to tell anything new, because this
What I noticed:
Right after boot the loadavg is at about 0.20, then slowly raises to 1.10. After some time working the loadavg is at about 1.40 or sometimes even higher.
When watching htop as root I can't find anything that would be at > 100% CPU usage, basically all of it (when using Chromium for example) sums up to about 20% at max.
Even without running xorg the load goes up to 1.10
is exactly my problem 
I'm rebooting now as I updated to 4.0.4-2 and will tell if anything changed.
edit: After reboot no improvement. Load averages from 1.1 to 1.5...
Last edited by xy (2015-05-23 16:49:04)
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#23 2015-05-23 17:16:35
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Since I have a Conky window that strangely is the first (before the minutes I must wait for KDE to finish start process) I can see that A LOT of processes are at very high CPU for a long time.
Nothing specific to report!
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#24 2015-06-07 17:32:58
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Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
Ok, it's been a while now and it seems this issue is assigned to someone, so maybe they find a fix.
I did watch the kernel updates hoping they'd change this, but I'm on 4.0.5-1 now and this issue is still existant.
In this post, I'll include my systemd-units and the processes running after boot.
Systemd:
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.0-0000:01:00.0-backlight-acpi_video0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/backlight/acpi_video0
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:02.0-backlight-acpi_video1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/backlight/acpi_video1
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:02.0-drm-card0-card0\x2dLVDS\x2d1-intel_backlight.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-LVDS-1/intel_backlight
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1b.0-sound-card0.device loaded active plugged 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.1-0000:03:00.0-ieee80211-phy0-rfkill0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill0
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.1-0000:03:00.0-net-wlan0.device loaded active plugged Centrino Wireless-N 100 (BGN)
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.5-0000:05:00.0-net-eth0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (U6V/U31J laptop)
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda1.device loaded active plugged MKNSSDCR240GB System-reserviert
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda2.device loaded active plugged MKNSSDCR240GB 2
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda3.device loaded active plugged MKNSSDCR240GB arch
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda.device loaded active plugged MKNSSDCR240GB
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sr0.device loaded active plugged Slimtype_DVD_A_DS8A8SH
sys-devices-platform-asus\x2dnb\x2dwmi-rfkill-rfkill1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/rfkill/rfkill1
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS0
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3
sys-module-configfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs
sys-subsystem-net-devices-eth0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (U6V/U31J laptop)
sys-subsystem-net-devices-wlan0.device loaded active plugged Centrino Wireless-N 100 (BGN)
sys-subsystem-rfkill-devices-rfkill0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/rfkill/devices/rfkill0
sys-subsystem-rfkill-devices-rfkill1.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/rfkill/devices/rfkill1
-.mount loaded active mounted /
dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System
dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System
run-user-1000.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/1000
sys-kernel-config.mount loaded active mounted Configuration File System
sys-kernel-debug.mount loaded active mounted Debug File System
tmp.mount loaded active mounted Temporary Directory
systemd-ask-password-console.path loaded active waiting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch
systemd-ask-password-wall.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch
session-c2.scope loaded active running Session c2 of user n3m
clamd.service loaded active running clamav daemon
dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
getty@tty1.service loaded active running Getty on tty1
kmod-static-nodes.service loaded active exited Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel
lm_sensors.service loaded active exited Initialize hardware monitoring sensors
ntpd.service loaded active running Network Time Service
systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0.service loaded active exited Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:acpi_video0
systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video1.service loaded active exited Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:acpi_video1
systemd-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service loaded active exited Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:intel_backlight
systemd-journal-flush.service loaded active exited Flush Journal to Persistent Storage
systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service
systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service
systemd-modules-load.service loaded active exited Load Kernel Modules
systemd-random-seed.service loaded active exited Load/Save Random Seed
systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
systemd-rfkill@rfkill0.service loaded active exited Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill0
systemd-rfkill@rfkill1.service loaded active exited Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill1
systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service loaded active exited Create Static Device Nodes in /dev
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded active exited Create Volatile Files and Directories
systemd-udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices
systemd-udevd.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager
systemd-update-utmp.service loaded active exited Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown
systemd-user-sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions
systemd-vconsole-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console
user@1000.service loaded active running User Manager for UID 1000
-.slice loaded active active Root Slice
system-getty.slice loaded active active system-getty.slice
system-systemd\x2dbacklight.slice loaded active active system-systemd\x2dbacklight.slice
system-systemd\x2drfkill.slice loaded active active system-systemd\x2drfkill.slice
system.slice loaded active active System Slice
user-1000.slice loaded active active user-1000.slice
user.slice loaded active active User and Session Slice
dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
dm-event.socket loaded active listening Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs
lvm2-lvmetad.socket loaded active listening LVM2 metadata daemon socket
systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe
systemd-journald-dev-log.socket loaded active running Journal Socket (/dev/log)
systemd-journald.socket loaded active running Journal Socket
systemd-shutdownd.socket loaded active listening Delayed Shutdown Socket
systemd-udevd-control.socket loaded active running udev Control Socket
systemd-udevd-kernel.socket loaded active running udev Kernel Socket
basic.target loaded active active Basic System
cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes
getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts
graphical.target loaded active active Graphical Interface
local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre)
local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems
multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User System
paths.target loaded active active Paths
remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems
slices.target loaded active active Slices
sockets.target loaded active active Sockets
sound.target loaded active active Sound Card
swap.target loaded active active Swap
sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization
timers.target loaded active active Timers
logrotate.timer loaded active waiting Daily rotation of log files
man-db.timer loaded active waiting Daily man-db cache update
shadow.timer loaded active waiting Daily verification of password and group files
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer loaded active waiting Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories
LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
94 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.and the output of ps aux
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 1.5 0.0 34424 4880 ? Ss 15:36 0:00 /sbin/init
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/0:0]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/0:0H]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/u32:0]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [rcu_preempt]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [rcu_sched]
root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [rcu_bh]
root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [migration/0]
root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [watchdog/0]
root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [watchdog/1]
root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [migration/1]
root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/1:0]
root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/1:0H]
root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [watchdog/2]
root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [migration/2]
root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [ksoftirqd/2]
root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/2:0]
root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/2:0H]
root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [watchdog/3]
root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [migration/3]
root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [ksoftirqd/3]
root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/3:0]
root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/3:0H]
root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [watchdog/4]
root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [migration/4]
root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [ksoftirqd/4]
root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/4:0]
root 31 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/4:0H]
root 32 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [watchdog/5]
root 33 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [migration/5]
root 34 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [ksoftirqd/5]
root 35 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/5:0]
root 36 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/5:0H]
root 37 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [watchdog/6]
root 38 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [migration/6]
root 39 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [ksoftirqd/6]
root 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/6:0]
root 41 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/6:0H]
root 42 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [watchdog/7]
root 43 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [migration/7]
root 44 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [ksoftirqd/7]
root 45 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/7:0]
root 46 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/7:0H]
root 47 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [khelper]
root 48 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kdevtmpfs]
root 49 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [netns]
root 50 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [perf]
root 51 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [khungtaskd]
root 52 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [writeback]
root 53 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 15:36 0:00 [ksmd]
root 54 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 15:36 0:00 [khugepaged]
root 55 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [crypto]
root 56 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kintegrityd]
root 57 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [bioset]
root 58 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kblockd]
root 59 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [devfreq_wq]
root 60 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/0:1]
root 61 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kswapd0]
root 62 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
root 68 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kthrotld]
root 69 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/1:1]
root 73 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [ipv6_addrconf]
root 74 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [deferwq]
root 75 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/u32:1]
root 76 0.1 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/6:1]
root 105 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/4:1]
root 106 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [ata_sff]
root 107 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/3:1]
root 108 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/7:1]
root 109 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/3:2]
root 110 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root 111 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [scsi_tmf_0]
root 112 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root 113 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [scsi_tmf_1]
root 114 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
root 115 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [scsi_tmf_2]
root 116 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
root 117 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [scsi_tmf_3]
root 118 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
root 119 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [scsi_tmf_4]
root 120 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [scsi_eh_5]
root 121 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [scsi_tmf_5]
root 122 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/u32:2]
root 123 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/u32:3]
root 124 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/u32:4]
root 125 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/u32:5]
root 126 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/u32:6]
root 127 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/u32:7]
root 128 0.3 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/1:2]
root 129 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/7:2]
root 139 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/7:3]
root 140 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/0:1H]
root 141 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/2:1]
root 143 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/0:2]
root 147 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/1:1H]
root 153 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [jbd2/sda3-8]
root 154 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
root 172 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/5:1]
root 176 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/2:1H]
root 183 0.1 0.1 38628 10384 ? Ss 15:36 0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald
root 186 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/5:2]
root 203 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/6:1H]
root 213 0.2 0.0 35012 3472 ? Ss 15:36 0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
root 215 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/2:2]
root 240 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [acpi_thermal_pm]
root 243 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [irq/38-mei_me]
root 247 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/4:1H]
root 271 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/5:1H]
root 272 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [cfg80211]
root 279 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kpsmoused]
root 281 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [irq/39-iwlwifi]
root 286 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/0:3]
root 293 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/4:2]
root 306 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/6:2]
root 310 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [hd-audio0]
dbus 335 0.0 0.0 34144 3120 ? Ss 15:36 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation
root 337 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kfd_process_wq]
root 338 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kvm-irqfd-clean]
root 339 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/5:3]
ntp 342 0.1 0.2 107780 15780 ? SLsl 15:36 0:00 /usr/bin/ntpd -g -u ntp:ntp
root 344 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [iwlwifi]
root 371 0.0 0.0 15204 2588 ? Ss 15:36 0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind
root 376 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kmemstick]
root 377 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? D 15:36 0:00 [rtsx_usb_ms_1]
root 379 0.0 0.0 73856 3764 ? Ss 15:36 0:00 login -- n3m
root 381 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 15:36 0:00 [kworker/3:3]
root 383 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [led_workqueue]
root 392 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [ttm_swap]
root 394 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [radeon-crtc]
root 395 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [radeon-crtc]
root 396 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [radeon-crtc]
root 397 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [radeon-crtc]
root 398 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [radeon-crtc]
root 399 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [radeon-crtc]
clamav 403 0.0 5.0 441144 303384 ? Ssl 15:36 0:00 /usr/bin/clamd
n3m 405 0.0 0.0 35648 4132 ? Ss 15:36 0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user
n3m 407 0.0 0.0 85208 1652 ? S 15:36 0:00 (sd-pam)
n3m 409 0.2 0.0 17472 5236 tty1 Ss 15:36 0:00 -bash
root 414 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:36 0:00 [kworker/3:1H]
root 419 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 15:37 0:00 [kworker/7:1H]
n3m 420 0.0 0.0 36604 3420 tty1 R+ 15:37 0:00 ps auxAs I don't see anything suspicious, does anybody else? I tried killing clamav on the blank tty, but it wasn't the source of the high load.
Threads like this are going to attract a dozen "me too" posters for wholly different causes because no one has actually looked at what's causing their high load.
Now with Conky + i3bar I see the load is at 1.10 (as I'm typing), whilst the CPU usage is actually at 2%. I posted my processes, but I can't see anything else than system processes running as root and only a few of my own ones.
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#25 2015-06-09 18:07:34
- LinuxakSVK
- Member
- Registered: 2015-05-05
- Posts: 3
Re: (Very) high loadavg - probably bug like in kernel 3.3.5?
same here, cant find process whitch make this "high" load average..still LA > 1
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