Load Average > 1 Since 2.6.15

[poltawski]

I compiled a vanilla 2.6.15 kernel last week, on a Dell (Poweredge 2650) server (which is in constant usage), ever since the load average has stayed solid at > 1.

There is nothing interesting in the process list, the only thing which changed is the kernel.

Does anyone know any kernel gotchyas which cause this kind of behavious?

[poltawski]

Having had a better google around I found people reporting it with the CONFIG_DELL_RBU option.

I will have to recompile and swap the new kernel in when I can grab some downtime...

[poltawski]

And just in case anyone is interested, the bug is reported here:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5854