Re: Increased CPU usage in linux 2.6.21

Gautam Iyer wrote:
> I don't think this is a Gkrellm issue, but I figure I'll ask here
> anyway: I was using gkrellm2 on linux 2.6.19 for a while. I found that
> when the system was idle, my cpu usage would show as 0.
> 
> How after upgrading to 2.6.21, I find my CPU usage oscillates anywhere
> between 1 and 3 percent when my system is idle. I made sure that I'm
> running the same version of all other packages, so the only change in my
> system is the linux kernel itself.
> 
> Anyone else see this behaviour? Any idea why? I posted to the linux
> kernel list, but I think my message got lost in the flood of the 300 odd
> messages that get posted there every day. If someone else can reproduce
> this behaviour, and has reason to believe this is a bug, I'll report it
> as a bug.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> GI
> 
You can always use `top' and check what's going on, what using your
processor while your system is supposed to be idle ;)

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