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From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
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> Looks like kernel threads still go crazy at shutdown. I saw the migration 
> threads apparently hogging the CPU.

Hmm, my (2-CPU) machine reboots quickly.  I'd have to be checking closely
somehow to see if there is some short period of weird hoggery (I'm not sure
how, since my fingers aren't quick enough).  What exactly did you observe,
and how?


Thanks,
Roland