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[caker]

2.6.21.1-linode32

This kernel fixes the high load averages on idle systems (as reported here), adds DM_MIRROR support, and also contains the openafs driver, with build instructions (and some hackery) provided by Linode.com community member Kevin Cody.

Can I get a witness? (...before making Latest 2.6 point to it)

-Chris

[caker]

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[gmt]

My load average still seems high
Code:
11:15:00  up 6 min,  1 user,  load average: 2.79, 2.10, 0.97
208 processes: 204 sleeping, 4 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states:   3.0% user   0.0% system   0.0% nice   0.0% iowait  96.9% idle
Mem:   509716k av,  304200k used,  205516k free,       0k shrd,   49956k buff
       166312k active,              90380k inactive
Swap:  205816k av,       0k used,  205816k free                  120608k cached

  PID USER     PRI  NI  SIZE  RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM   TIME CPU COMMAND
    1 root      15   0  1468  516   460 S     0.0  0.1   0:00   0 init
    2 root      34  19     0    0     0 SWN   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 ksoftirqd/0
    3 root      10  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 events/0
    4 root      20  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 khelper
    5 root      10  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 kthread
   35 root      10  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 kblockd/0
   47 root      24   0     0    0     0 SW    0.0  0.0   0:00   0 pdflush
   48 root      15   0     0    0     0 SW    0.0  0.0   0:00   0 pdflush
   49 root      19  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 kswapd0
   50 root      19  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 aio/0
   53 root      19  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 jfsIO
   54 root      19  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 jfsCommit
   55 root      19  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 jfsSync
   56 root      19  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 xfslogd/0
   57 root      19  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 xfsdatad/0
  602 root      11  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 kcryptd/0
  603 root      11  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 ksnapd
  604 root      11  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 kmirrord
  700 root      10  -5     0    0     0 SW<   0.0  0.0   0:00   0 kjournald
 1502 root      18   0  2056  576   300 S     0.0  0.1   0:00   0 dhclient
 1552 root      16   0  1616  620   528 R     0.0  0.1   0:00   0 syslogd

[caker]

gmt wrote: My load average still seems high
Code:
11:15:00  up 6 min,  1 user,  load average: 2.79, 2.10, 0.97
208 processes: 204 sleeping, 4 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states:   3.0% user   0.0% system   0.0% nice   0.0% iowait  96.9% idle
Seems like an appropriate loadavg to me, with that many (running) processes. For the real test, you need an idle system. It may take a few minutes after booting for your loadavg to settle down.

-Chris

[Deckert]

caker wrote: 2.6.21.1-linode32
Can I get a witness? (...before making Latest 2.6 point to it)

I'll be your witness for the load-issue. :-)

No problems over the last 16 hours in terms of excessive load:

Code:   0.6 ++--+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+---+----+---+----+---+---+----+--++
      +        +        +       +        + "load-20070507" using 1:2 ****** +
      |                                                                     |
  0.5 ++                                                                   ++
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  0.4 ++                                                                   ++
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  0.3 ++                                                                   ++
      |                                                                     |
      |                                                                     |
  0.2 ++                                                                   ++
      |                                                                     |
      |                                                                     |
      |                                                                     |
  0.1 ++                                                                   ++
      |                                          **                         |
      *        +        +       +        +      * +*       +       +        +
    0 +*****************************************--+-*********************--++
    00:00    02:00    04:00   06:00    08:00    10:00    12:00   14:00    16:00

Performance seems to be more or less the same:

Code: OS                  : Linux 2.6.20-linode28
C compiler          : gcc version 3.3.4
libc                : ld-2.3.2.so
MEMORY INDEX        : 16.524
INTEGER INDEX       : 11.235
FLOATING-POINT INDEX: 28.948

OS                  : Linux 2.6.21.1-linode32

C compiler          : gcc version 3.4.6
libc                : libc-2.3.6.so
MEMORY INDEX        : 17.317
INTEGER INDEX       : 12.584
FLOATING-POINT INDEX: 27.415

--deckert

[defraine]

I rebooted my Linode (Debian Etch, previously running 2.6.20-linode28) with this new kernel yesterday. The load average fix is working, alright :D (see image below, the system is under more or less constant actual load, but you can clearly see where I upgraded the kernel).

I noted no problems with the new kernel, so far.

[zunzun]

Works great for me.

James