From: James Vanns <jimv@canterbury.ac.uk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Kernel 2.4: Load average scaling to 200!
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 17:17:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1062605821.23773.15.camel@eeyore.ntnet.cc.local> (raw)
All,
As I am not sure whether this problem lies with the kernel core (process
scheduler, context switching etc. and all that other stuff that flies
over my head!), a scsi driver or the scsi tape driver or the 'mt'
command itself I have copied the kernel mailing list in this E-mail.
When using mt on RedHat Linux 8 running kernel 2.4.20 to fsf on an LTO
tape drive the load average soars to 100+ and denies everyone the mail
service it's used for (IMAP). I have to reboot the server as I cannot
kill mt.
Has anyone had this kind of problem before? Any ideas if this is kernel
related (sorry to waste time if you are sure it's not)? I have looked
into mt's history to find no such bug report before.
Regards
James Vanns
--
James Vanns BSc (Hons) MCP
Linux Systems Administrator
Senior Software Engineer (Linux / C & C++)
Canterbury Christ Church University College
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next reply other threads:[~2003-09-03 16:18 UTC|newest]
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2003-09-03 16:17 James Vanns [this message]
2003-09-03 17:16 ` Alan Cox
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