High interrupt count on irq12
Darren Pilgrim
phi at evilphi.com
Tue Jul 31 20:10:23 UTC 2007
Gardner Bell wrote:
> Since I installed -CURRENT, I've noticed irq12 has a rather high
> interrupt count for only 29mins of uptime. Interrupt load appears to
> be rather low at only 0.4% so I'm not sure what can be causing the high
> count. Here is the output of vmstat.
>
> dan at home$ vmstat -i
> interrupt total rate
> irq1: atkbd0 3011 1
> irq12: psm0 121265 61
> irq14: ata0 58 0
> irq19: uhci1+ 5181 2
> irq20: fxp0 1377 0
> irq22: pcm0 11 0
> cpu0: timer 3812581 1923
> cpu1: timer 3812247 1923
> Total 7755731 3913
>
> My kernel is pretty much GENERIC except for the removal of drivers that
> I don't use/need, WITNESS, and INVARIANTS.
Nothing wrong with that number unless you don't use the mouse. Mice
generate anywhere from dozens to hundreds of interrupts per second
depending on the hardware type port settings. An hour's worth of
regular desktop usage could easily generate the amount shown above.
--
Darren Pilgrim
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