I fixed the problem by booting of a older kernel. If some one know a permanent fix for the do let me know.
# uname -a Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 23 02:45:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Balasubramaniam Natarajan < [email protected]> wrote: > I have a server running "Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2 x86_64 > GNU/Linux" All of a sudden the server became slow and when I saw with the > top command I was able to see the watchdog is using huge %CPU, Has any one > faced similar situation ? > > Searching the net got me to the foll > http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/1466/p/19456558/20147617.aspx > and https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42981 however since this > is a server I don't think I need to bother about apci right ? or Am I > missing a point here ? > > top - 10:52:50 up 1:06, 1 user, load average: 19.95, 19.87, 18.90 > Tasks: 106 total, 19 running, 87 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie > %Cpu(s): 8.9 us, 48.8 sy, 0.0 ni, 41.2 id, 0.1 wa, 0.0 hi, 1.1 si, > 0.0 st > KiB Mem: 8116188 total, 610952 used, 7505236 free, 25112 buffers > KiB Swap: 0 total, 0 used, 0 free, 264508 cached > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > 7 root rt 0 0 0 0 R *242.1* 0.0 29:07.39 *watchdog* > /0 > 12 root rt 0 0 0 0 R *240.1* 0.0 28:30.02 *watchdog* > /1 > 16 root rt 0 0 0 0 R 238.2 0.0 28:03.12 watchdog/2 > 24 root rt 0 0 0 0 R 233.1 0.0 27:05.23 watchdog/4 > 860 root -2 0 0 0 0 R * 90.3* 0.0 9:08.23 * > power_saving/4* > 3762 snort 2 -18 482m 158m 4512 R 69.8 2.0 20:49.22 snort > 874 root -2 0 0 0 0 R *67.4* 0.0 6:46.99*power_saving/6 > * > 28 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 36.5 0.0 29:47.57 watchdog/5 > 728 root -2 0 0 0 0 R 34.8 0.0 8:49.47 > power_saving/1 > 36 root rt 0 0 0 0 R 27.5 0.0 32:54.00 watchdog/7 > 4878 root 20 0 23184 1592 1124 R 1.5 0.0 0:00.31 top > > -- > Regards, > Balasubramaniam Natarajan > www.blog.etutorshop.com -- Regards, Balasubramaniam Natarajan www.blog.etutorshop.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
