* Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com>: > Mark Moseley put forth on 12/9/2010 12:18 PM: > > > If you at some point upgrade to >2.6.35, I'd be interested to hear if > > the load skyrockets on you. I also get the impression that the load > > average calculation in these recent kernels is 'touchier' than in > > pre-2.6.35. > > This thread may be of value in relation to this issue: > > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/eb5cb488b7404dd2/0c954e88d2f20e56 > > It seems there are some load issues regarding recent Linux kernels, from > 2.6.34 (maybe earlier?) on up. The commit of the patch to fix it was > Dec 8th--yesterday. So it'll be a while before distros get this patch out.
I'm using 2.6.32 > However, this still doesn't seem to explain Ralf's issue, where the > kernel stays the same, but the Dovecot version changes, with 2.0.x > causing the high load and 1.2.x being normal. Maybe 2.0.x simply causes > this bug to manifest itself more loudly? That could be! -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebra...@charite.de | http://www.charite.de