With a USB 2.0 webcam attached to the OTG port on an OMAP3 (applies to overo gumstix, beagleboard, probably others) we see a high CPU load in a kworker thread. Between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34 musb_core.c changed. IRQ handlers changed with the result that a worker in musb_core.c got scheduled far more frequently than needed. I've included a patch below against 3.7, but i think it'll apply against mainline. [I apologize for any whitespace mangling. I've also attached the patch.] I'd like more eyeballs to tell me if this is right. I'd also like to know who I need to talk to to get this pushed into mainline. --Adam # The MUSB IRQ schedules work on every interrupt. # This is unnecessary, and causes excessive CPU load. # # Here we only schedule work if there is something for # the worker to do. Index: git/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c =================================================================== --- git.orig/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c +++ git/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c @@ -925,7 +925,9 @@ b_host: } #endif - schedule_work(&musb->irq_work); + if (musb->xceiv->state != musb->xceiv_old_state) { + schedule_work(&musb->irq_work); + } return handled; }