[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
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** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  High idle load on 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 with 3.2.0-24-generic kernel

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Since the update to 3.2.0-24-generic kernel and despite >90% of idle
  CPU the load remains relatively high. On 3.2.0-17 it used to be barely
  above 0, now it rarely drops below 1. Powertop also reports high power
  usage by the CPU (~8W). The processor is 2.4GHz Intel i5-2430M and
  going back to 3.2.0-17-generic solves these problems.

  $ top

  top - 23:27:42 up 26 min,  3 users,  load average: 1.66, 1.80, 1.46
  Tasks: 216 total,   1 running, 214 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
  Cpu(s):  0.2%us,  0.3%sy,  0.0%ni, 99.5%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
  Mem:   8082692k total,  2235412k used,  5847280k free,   159640k buffers
  Swap:  8294396k total,        0k used,  8294396k free,   984832k cached

    PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND          
                                                                        
   3764 rmo       20   0 1075m 260m  38m S    1  3.3   1:39.84 firefox          
                                                                        
   4514 rmo       20   0 17452 1512 1072 R    1  0.0   0:00.12 top              
                                                                        
   1772 root      20   0  236m 6628 5236 S    0  0.1   0:00.47 NetworkManager   
                                                                        
   2013 root      20   0  154m  23m 8008 S    0  0.3   1:09.09 Xorg             
                                                                        
   3294 rmo       20   0 1190m  74m  30m S    0  0.9   1:28.46 compiz           
                                                                        
   3501 rmo       20   0  575m  20m  11m S    0  0.3   0:10.38 gnome-terminal   
                                                                        
      1 root      20   0 24544 2516 1380 S    0  0.0   0:01.22 init             
                                                                        
      2 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kthreadd         
                                                                        
      3 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.20 ksoftirqd/0      
                                                                        
      6 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 migration/0      
                                                                        
      8 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 migration/1      
                                                                        
     10 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.18 ksoftirqd/1      
                                                                        
     13 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 migration/2      
                                                                        
     14 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.60 kworker/2:0      
                                                                        
     15 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.09 ksoftirqd/2      
                                                                        
     17 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 migration/3      
                                                                        
     19 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.06 ksoftirqd/3      
                                                                        
     21 root       0 -20     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 cpuset           
                                                                        
     22 root       0 -20     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 khelper          
                                                                        
     23 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kdevtmpfs        
                                                                        
     24 root       0 -20     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 netns            
                                                                        
     26 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 sync_supers      
                                                                        
     27 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 bdi-default      
                                                                        
     28 root       0 -20     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kintegrityd      
                                                                        
     29 root       0 -20     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kblockd          
                                                                        
     30 root       0 -20     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ata_sff          
                                                                        
     31 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.01 khubd            
                                                                        
     32 root       0 -20     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 md               
                                                                        
     34 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 khungtaskd       
                                                                        
     35 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kswapd0          
                                                                        
     36 root      25   5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ksmd             
                                                                        
     37 root      39  19     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 khugepaged       
                    

  $ uname -a
  Linux flax 3.2.0-24-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 25 08:43:22 UTC 2012 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  I have compared CPU power usage (as reported by powertop) with the
  same programs running and it seems that on the newer kernel it's
  2-2.5W higher whether idle, when running a browser or playing a movie.

  What other information should I include?
  --- 
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  rmo        3195 F.... pulseaudio
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7f00000 irq 51'
     Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
     Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,10280510,00100002 
HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000'
     Controls      : 15
     Simple ctrls  : 7
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3f6a429d-1aaa-4de1-b7c2-9e38a342e5f3
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro V131
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic 
root=/dev/mapper/flax-root ro
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-24-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.79
  SourcePackage: linux
  StagingDrivers: mei
  Tags:  precise staging precise staging
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-04 (65 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare
  dmi.bios.date: 10/24/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A03
  dmi.board.name: 0X3GJK
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A03
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd10/24/2011:svnDellInc.:pnVostroV131:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0X3GJK:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
  dmi.product.name: Vostro V131
  dmi.product.version: Not Specified
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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