The following reply was made to PR kernel/6351; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Salvador Fandino <[email protected]> To: Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: kernel/6351: top reports ~80% of CPU is in interrupt handling Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:08:54 +0200 On 04/07/2010 05:32 PM, Salvador Fandiqo wrote: >> Number: 6351 >> Category: kernel >> Synopsis: top reports ~80% of CPU is in interrupt handling >> Confidential: yes >> Severity: serious >> Priority: medium >> Responsible: bugs >> State: open >> Quarter: >> Keywords: >> Date-Required: >> Class: sw-bug >> Submitter-Id: unknown >> Arrival-Date: Wed Apr 07 15:40:01 GMT 2010 >> Closed-Date: >> Last-Modified: >> Originator: >> Release: >> Organization: >> Environment: > System : OpenBSD 4.7 > Details : OpenBSD 4.7-current (GENERIC) #592: Mon Apr 5 > 22:31:00 MDT 2010 > > [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC > > Architecture: OpenBSD.i386 > Machine : i386 >> Description: > top and systat report that around 80% of the processor time goes into > interrupts note that it doesn't look like an interrupt storm. 'vmstat -i' reports 100 interrupts per second comming from the clock plus a few extra (<5) from the other sources. - Salva
