I can confirm that following commit is responsible: "sched: Fix nohz load accounting" SHA: 3a50863f6706ece7719a68be0ae57957164a0f0c
It is introduced between following tags: * Ubuntu-3.2.0-21.34 * Ubuntu-3.2.0-22.35 All tags after Ubuntu-3.2.0-22.35 are affected and reverting this commit fixes the high load behaviour. I built following tags with this commit reverted and verified the high load behaviour goes away: * Ubuntu-3.2.0-22.35 * Ubuntu-3.2.0-23.36 * Ubuntu-3.2.0-24.38 (currently latest tag) I couldn't reproduce/observe shortened battery life, but if anybody is interested I can provide binary/source deb's with this commit reverted for quick testing. (ppa can't hold full kernel package build) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985661 Title: High load average To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xubuntu-desktop/+bug/985661/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs