Public bug reported: I noticed high activity of processor and detected that it was klog in htop.
Syslog become > than 100 mb during sevreral minutes populated with something like that (100000 last lines attached): Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.27-7-generic #1) Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] EIP: 0060:[<f8862800>] EFLAGS: 00000246 CPU: 0 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] EIP is at acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x268/0x2b7 [processor] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] EAX: c0510760 EBX: 000013db ECX: 00000000 EDX: 01cbf000 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] ESI: 00000000 EDI: 0078b136 EBP: c04a7f90 ESP: c04a7f74 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] CR0: 8005003b CR2: aa9161a0 CR3: 3556f000 CR4: 000026d0 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c02dbf7b>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x7b/0xd0 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c010288d>] cpu_idle+0x7d/0x140 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c036edc3>] rest_init+0x53/0x60 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] ======================= Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.27-7-generic #1 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c037c3f6>] ? printk+0x1d/0x1f Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c0122b8a>] dequeue_task_idle+0x2a/0x40 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c012107f>] dequeue_task+0xcf/0x130 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c012112a>] deactivate_task+0x1a/0x30 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c037ca13>] schedule+0x4b3/0x790 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c012b6ab>] ? default_wake_function+0xb/0x10 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c037e501>] ? _spin_lock_irqsave+0x31/0x40 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c013c91c>] ? __mod_timer+0xac/0xf0 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c037d094>] schedule_timeout+0x84/0xf0 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c013c260>] ? process_timeout+0x0/0x10 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c037d08f>] ? schedule_timeout+0x7f/0xf0 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c037d11a>] schedule_timeout_uninterruptible+0x1a/0x20 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c013c97d>] msleep+0x1d/0x30 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8c21ceb>] iwl_scan_cancel_timeout+0x4b/0x80 [iwlcore] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8bfbeb2>] iwl4965_mac_update_tkip_key+0x32/0xe0 [iwlagn] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8bd410e>] ? tkip_mixing_phase1+0xe/0x140 [mac80211] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8bd459c>] ieee80211_tkip_decrypt_data+0x16c/0x210 [mac80211] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8bcb013>] ieee80211_crypto_tkip_decrypt+0xd3/0x120 [mac80211] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8bd6667>] ieee80211_rx_h_decrypt+0x187/0x1a0 [mac80211] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8bd8657>] ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlers+0xe7/0x2a0 [mac80211] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8bd810c>] __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet+0x21c/0x320 [mac80211] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c014b79e>] ? ktime_get+0x1e/0x40 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8bd88c9>] __ieee80211_rx+0xb9/0x1c0 [mac80211] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8bc7316>] ieee80211_tasklet_handler+0xf6/0x120 [mac80211] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c0137258>] tasklet_action+0x78/0x100 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c0137682>] __do_softirq+0x92/0x120 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c013776d>] do_softirq+0x5d/0x60 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c01378e5>] irq_exit+0x55/0x90 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c0106c1a>] do_IRQ+0x4a/0x80 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c0105003>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c01700d8>] ? __audit_mq_getsetattr+0x68/0xb0 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<f8862800>] ? acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x268/0x2b7 [processor] Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c02dbf7b>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x7b/0xd0 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c010288d>] cpu_idle+0x7d/0x140 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] [<c036edc3>] rest_init+0x53/0x60 Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] ======================= Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: [79956.180012] Modules linked in: sco bridge stp bnep rfcomm l2cap btusb bluetooth aes_i586 aes_generic ecryptfs i915 drm af_packet binfmt_misc uvcvideo compat_ioctl32 videodev v4l1_compat uinput kvm_intel kvm ppdev acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_ondemand freq_table cpufreq_userspace sbs container pci_slot wmi sbshc iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables ipv6 sbp2 parport_pc lp parport snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy arc4 ecb crypto_blkcipher snd_seq_oss iwlagn snd_seq_midi iwlcore snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event rfkill joydev led_class snd_seq appleir mac80211 isight_firmware evdev snd_timer appletouch snd_seq_device cfg80211 iTCO_wdt snd iTCO_vendor_support soundcore video ac output intel_agp battery snd_page_alloc pcspkr button agpgart shpchp pci_hotplug ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom sg ata_generic pata_acpi usbhid hid ata_piix libata scsi_mod dock ohci1394 ieee1394 ehci_hcd sky2 uhci_hcd usbco Oct 27 21:43:33 libero kernel: e dm_mirror dm_log dm_snapshot dm_mod thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.27-7-generic #1) Oct 27 21:43:33 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290504 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs