The load average on my machine is inexplicably high; when idle, it sits up
between 0.6 and 0.7. Though I'm running a snapshot from last night, I've
seen the same behaviour since I first installed a 4.4 snapshot from about
three weeks ago. This is on a Lenovo X200.
As I understand it, load average is supposed to be roughly based on the
number of processes in the run queue. But I don't actually have any
processes running, or blocking. I shut down almost every non-essential
service, and I'm still seeing a load average consistantly above 0.5:
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# ps auxw
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.0 408 360 ?? Is 2:19AM 0:00.01 /sbin/init
root 11766 0.0 0.1 552 740 ?? Is 2:19AM 0:00.00 syslogd:
[priv] (syslogd)
_syslogd 22554 0.0 0.1 584 796 ?? I 2:19AM 0:00.17 syslogd -a
/var/empty/dev/log
root 12786 0.0 0.1 400 768 ?? Ss 2:20AM 0:00.76
/usr/sbin/apmd -C
root 5282 0.0 0.1 560 900 ?? Ss 2:20AM 0:00.03 cron
root 28457 0.0 0.1 380 772 ?? Ss 11:34AM 0:00.01 wsmoused
root 6904 0.0 0.1 548 532 C0 Ss 2:20AM 0:00.03 -ksh (ksh)
root 6962 0.0 0.0 348 312 C0 R+/0 11:35AM 0:00.00 ps -auxw
root 13089 0.0 0.1 244 888 C1 Is+ 2:20AM 0:00.00
/usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyC1
root 18525 0.0 0.1 380 888 C2 Is+ 2:20AM 0:00.00
/usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyC2
root 24949 0.0 0.1 340 888 C3 Is+ 2:20AM 0:00.00
/usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyC3
root 19012 0.0 0.1 380 892 C5 Is+ 2:20AM 0:00.00
/usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyC5
# uptime ; vmstat 10 6 ; uptime
11:36AM up 9:16, 1 user, load averages: 0.71, 0.72, 0.67
procs memory page disk traps cpu
r b w avm fre flt re pi po fr sr sd0 int sys cs us sy id
0 0 0 3460 768044 86 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 352 78 0 0 99
0 0 0 3460 768044 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 13 38 0 0 100
0 0 0 3460 768044 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 5 38 0 0 100
0 0 0 3460 768044 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 5 39 0 0 100
0 0 0 3460 768044 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 38 0 0 100
0 0 0 3460 768044 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 5 39 0 0 100
11:36AM up 9:17, 1 user, load averages: 0.63, 0.70, 0.67
# uptime ; iostat 10 6 ; uptime
11:37AM up 9:18, 1 user, load averages: 0.65, 0.69, 0.67
tty sd0 cpu
tin tout KB/t t/s MB/s us ni sy in id
0 16 16.15 1 0.01 0 0 0 0 99
0 0 2.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0100
0 0 16.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0100
0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0100
0 0 2.67 0 0.00 0 0 0 0100
0 0 16.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0100
11:38AM up 9:19, 1 user, load averages: 0.70, 0.69, 0.67
#
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So, what exactly is my machine doing? Note that this doesn't really seem to
be causing me any grief: apmd is properly dropping my cpuspeed, hw.sensors
are all showing cool-running temperatures, and I'm still getting at least
seven hours of battery life, even with a wireless connection. I just have
this oddly high load average, for seemingly no reason at all.
Here's the dmesg. Please ignore the stuff around em0; that's me trying to
figure out the phy for the Montevino chipset:
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OpenBSD 4.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #11: Fri Nov 7 02:18:56 EST 2008
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 999145472 (952MB)
avail mem = 969613312 (924MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (62 entries)
bios0: vendor LENOVO version "6DET30WW (1.07 )" date 09/10/2008
bios0: LENOVO 7454CTO
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT ECDT APIC MCFG HPET SLIC BOOT ASF! SSDT TCPA DMAR
SSDT SSDT SSDT
acpi0: wakeup devices LID_(S3) SLPB(S3) IGBE(S4) EXP0(S4) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4)
EXP3(S4) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB4(S3) USB5(S3) EHC0(S3)
EHC1(S3) HDEF(S4)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz, 2394.34 MHz
cpu0:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR,NXE,LONG
cpu0: 3MB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu0: apic clock running at 266MHz
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz, 2394.00 MHz
cpu1:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR,NXE,LONG
cpu1: 3MB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 2, remapped to apid 1
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (AGP_)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP0)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP1)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP2)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 5 (EXP3)
acpiec0 at acpi0
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C2
acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature 127 degC
acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature 104 degC
acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_
acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB
acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "42T4540" serial 1083 type LION oem "SANYO"
acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpithinkpad0 at acpi0
acpidock at acpi0 not configured
acpivideo at acpi0 not configured
acpivideo at acpi0 not configured
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2400 MHz (1164 mV): speeds: 2400, 2133, 1867, 1600 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel GM45 Host" rev 0x07
vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel GM45 Video" rev 0x07
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
inteldrm0 at vga1:couldn't find agp
"Intel GM45 Video" rev 0x07 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured
"Intel GM45 HECI" rev 0x07 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 not configured
em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH9 IGP M AMT" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 20
(irq 11)
MARK: em_read_phy_reg: Mark 1
MARK: em_read_phy_reg: mac_type: 0x13
MARK: em_read_phy_reg: phy_type: 0x0
MARK: em_read_phy_reg: Mark 2
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Mark 1
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Mark 3
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Mark 4
MARK: mdic: 0x18220000
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Mark 7
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Success!
MARK: Found high phy_id of 0x0
MARK: em_read_phy_reg: Header 1
MARK: em_read_phy_reg: mac_type: 0x13
MARK: em_read_phy_reg: phy_type: 0x0
MARK: em_read_phy_reg: Mark 2
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Mark 1
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Mark 3
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Mark 4
MARK: mdic: 0x18230000
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Mark 7
MARK: em_read_phy_reg_ex: Success!
MARK: Found low phy_id of 0x0
MARK: em_detect_gig_phy: Mark 2
MARK: phy_type: 0x0
MARK: phy_id: 0x0
MARK: phy_revision: 0x0
MARK: unknown: Mark 1
MARK: phy_id: 0x0
MARK: em_set_phy_type: Mark 1
MARK: mac_type: 0x13
MARK: phy_id: 0x0
MARK: phy_type: 0x0
em0: Hardware Initialization Failedem0: Unable to initialize the hardware
uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 20 (irq
11)
uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 21 (irq
11)
uhci2 at pci0 dev 26 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 22 (irq
11)
ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 23 (irq
11)
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801I HD Audio" rev 0x03: apic 1 int
17 (irq 11)
azalia0: codecs: Conexant/0x5051
audio0 at azalia0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 20 (irq
11)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 2
ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 21 (irq
11)
pci2 at ppb1 bus 3
iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel WiFi Link 5300AGN" rev 0x00: apic 1 int 17
(irq 11), MIMO 3T3R, MoW, address 00:16:ea:e3:a1:aa
ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 23 (irq
11)
pci3 at ppb2 bus 5
uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 16 (irq
11)
uhci4 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 17 (irq
11)
uhci5 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 18 (irq
11)
ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 19 (irq
11)
usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x93
pci4 at ppb3 bus 13
pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801IEM LPC" rev 0x03
ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801I AHCI" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 16
(irq 11), AHCI 1.2
scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets, initiator 32
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, HITACHI HTS54322, FBEZ> SCSI3 0/direct fixed
sd0: 238475MB, 512 bytes/sec, 488397168 sec total
ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801I SMBus" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 23
(irq 11)
iic0 at ichiic0
usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb6 at uhci4: USB revision 1.0
uhub6 at usb6 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb7 at uhci5: USB revision 1.0
uhub7 at usb7 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
aps0 at isa0 port 0x1600/31
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
uvideo0 at uhub0 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "Chicony Electronics Co.,
Ltd. product 0x480c" rev 2.00/31.34 addr 2
video0 at uvideo0
ugen0 at uhub3 port 1 "AuthenTec Fingerprint Sensor" rev 2.00/17.03 addr 2
ugen1 at uhub3 port 2 "Lenovo Computer Corp ThinkPad Bluetooth with Enhanced
Data Rate II" rev 2.00/3.52 addr 3
softraid0 at root
root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
ugen1 detached
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