Linux bumps up load average by 1 for each process in D state - so the point here is not that something is being used (it isn't), but why is iprt-VBoxTscThr in D state?
Devs might find helpful a $ ps auxww|grep iprt-VBoxTscThr since that would should the kernel WCHAN where the thread is stuck. Cheers, On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Perry Halbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Builds are done from SVN but the issue is also present in released V-5 > build. Linux is all I use so I can't tell you about Win or Mac. > > Issue with loads when no guests, VBoxsvc, or VBox manager are running, just > the kernel modules active. > > with running vboxdrv modules > uptime shows load average: 1.24, 1.18, 0.84 > > show running services associated to VBox shows the following: > ps -awx | grep V > 13713 ? S< 0:00 [iprt-VBoxWQueue] > 13717 ? D 0:00 [iprt-VBoxTscThr] > > After stopping vboxdrv modules > load average: 0.11, 0.09, 0.16 > > I have tried building without the new services plus a few more I thought > might have been causing this, DnD, Crypt, Webservice, HIDPI, and SDL with > the following in the LocalConfig.kmk but results were the same as with or > without. > > VBOX_WITH_DRAG_AND_DROP = > VBOX_WITH_PLUGIN_CRYPT = > VBOX_WITH_WEBSERVICES = > VBOX_WITH_WEBSERVICES_SSL = > VBOX_GUI_WITH_HIDPI = > VBOX_WITH_VBOXSDL = > > The loads with vboxdrv modules enabled ( default ) are constant and never go > below at least 1.24 which seems a little excessive to me when nothing is > actually being used. Any thoughts on the matter or advice on what to look > for? > > Perry > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > -- --alessandro "don't underestimate the things that I will do" (Adele, "Rolling In The Deep") _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
