Comment 29 for bug 524281

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Andrew (adhenry) wrote : Re: [Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in "[kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick" on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

On 08/05/10 20:42, Michael Christensen wrote:
> This is what is looks like in Powertop when scrolling a page in Firefox:
> Top causes for wakeups:
> 42,3% (115,9) [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick
>
> This is what it looks like when idle:
> 8,2% (7,0) [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick
>

Im getting min 25% on Load balancing tick even when idle. In fact, it
decreases when im actively using the CPU!