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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] RHEL3 2.4 domU kernel has load average of 2

To: John Byrne <john.l.byrne@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] RHEL3 2.4 domU kernel has load average of 2
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:48:08 +0000
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On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 14:49 -0800, John Byrne wrote:
> The backport of the xenbus code for the 2.4 kernel changed
> wait_event_interruptible() into wait_event() into a couple of places it
> looks to deal with the fact that signals weren't being blocked. This
> results in an idle domU showing a load-average of 2, which was messing
> up some work-management tools.
> 
> The attached patch blocks all signals for the xenbus and xenwatch
> daemons, instead.

Applied, thanks.

Ian.


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