On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 02:49:47PM -0400, Chris Snook wrote: > Is it always CPU 0, or does it move? Are you running irqbalance? If > you're running irqbalance, you can run a script that alternates between > 'cat /proc/interrupts' and 'mpstat -P ALL 5 10' and watch the offending > interrupt jump around between processors. It's not as informative as > oprofile, as Andi suggested, but it's really easy to set up.
Always cpu0 # cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 0: 166 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT timer 1: 8 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT i8042 2: 0 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade 3: 11 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT serial 4: 830 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT serial 5: 370787109 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT eth0 6: 3 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT floppy 8: 4 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT rtc 9: 0 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb1, ohci_hcd:usb2 10: 80937699 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT 3w-9xxx, 3w-9xxx 12: 5 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT i8042 14: 50931 0 0 0 XT-PIC-XT ide0 NMI: 1110304 275156 276732 233082 LOC: 278410000 278410022 278410013 278410014 ERR: 55003177 MIS: 0 # mpstat -P ALL 5 1 Linux 2.6.21.5 (*.com) 07/24/07 11:52:30 CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %irq %soft %idle intr/s 11:52:35 all 0.40 0.00 16.12 13.56 0.25 25.13 44.54 299.80 11:52:35 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 99.00 0.00 299.80 11:52:35 1 0.80 0.00 23.65 23.05 0.00 0.40 52.10 0.00 11:52:35 2 0.40 0.00 21.64 14.23 0.00 0.40 63.53 0.00 11:52:35 3 0.60 0.00 19.44 17.03 0.00 0.60 62.73 0.00 Average: CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %irq %soft %idle intr/s Average: all 0.40 0.00 16.12 13.56 0.25 25.13 44.54 299.80 Average: 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 99.00 0.00 299.80 Average: 1 0.80 0.00 23.65 23.05 0.00 0.40 52.10 0.00 Average: 2 0.40 0.00 21.64 14.23 0.00 0.40 63.53 0.00 Average: 3 0.60 0.00 19.44 17.03 0.00 0.60 62.73 0.00 # - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/