From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756130AbXLBPMs (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:12:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754107AbXLBPMk (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:12:40 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:49310 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753503AbXLBPMj (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:12:39 -0500 Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:12:31 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Mark Lord Cc: Arjan van de Ven , "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" , Andrew Morton , abelay@novell.com, lenb@kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 20000+ wake-ups/second in 2.6.24. Bug? Message-ID: <20071202151231.GK15974@stusta.de> References: <924EFEDD5F540B4284297C4DC59F3DEE2FAEAF@orsmsx423.amr.corp.intel.com> <4750CC78.9070105@rtr.ca> <20071130190227.1976e682@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4750D180.6080001@rtr.ca> <20071130191816.3e744205@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4750D585.1030200@rtr.ca> <4750D899.4020905@rtr.ca> <4751F1AB.2060801@rtr.ca> <20071202144113.GJ15974@stusta.de> <4752C86D.8050909@rtr.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4752C86D.8050909@rtr.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:59:57AM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 06:43:39PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: >>> Mark Lord wrote: >>>> Arjan van de Ven wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:31:17 -0500 >>>>> Mark Lord wrote: >>> ... >>>>>> Speaking of which.. what's with powertop on 2.6.24 ??? >>>>>> It's gone from 100-200 wakeups/sec to 20000 wakeups/sec !!!!!!! >>>>> ho hum.. Lenovo T61? >>>>> I have some reports that that happens once in a while (but it's not >>>>> limited to .24 and it's also real, it's not a powertop bug but it >>>>> actually is waking up that much).. >>>> .. >>>> >>>> No, it's my hefty Dell Inspiron 9400. >>>> >>>> And I just figured out the powertop: it needed the kernel timers >>>> patch from the powertop site that was originally for 2.6.21.. >>> ... >>> >>> Dagnabbit.. it's done it again.. went from 100-200 wakeups/sec >>> back up to 20000+ wakeups/sec. This time *with* the powertop patches in place. >> >> What is the status with an unpatched 2.6.23? > .. > > More wakeups than without patching, but still on the order of hundreds > of wakeups/sec; nowhere near the 20000+ wakeups/sec range when it goes wonky. OK. >> Please send the output of "dmesg -s 1000000" for both 2.6.23 and 2.6.24. > .. > > Okay, I'll do a couple of reboots and collect that info for private email, > and maybe post a diff of the two here. Thanks for doing this. But please send the dmesg output to the list - it's better when everyone who looks at this thread also sees all information. > Cheers cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed