On maandag 2 juli 2012 19:24:38 Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Freek de Kruijf <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I start the VirtualBox GUI on > > two of these systems, one 1-core and the 4-core, I immediately have a > > high CPU load, the 1-core 100% and in the 4-core 3 cores at around 40% > > and the fourth at 3%. > > There has been a surge of recent reports about "high cpu usage" > involving the Linux kernel, Java, and also MySQL. It turns out, > apparently, that it´s been caused by improper handling of the "leap > second" introduced last June 30th, and a "race condition". > > I wonder if perhaps VBox has been bitten by this bug, too. Just > shooting in the dark here... no proof on my side that this has been > the case, but an avenue worth exploring. > > Do a web search on "leap second linux fix" + "high cpu usage" and > you´ll find plenty of > explanations about this issue. > > Even Mozilla´s servers were hit by this problem. > > Just worth keeping in mind if you run Linux systems and found this > problem in he last few days... > > FC
After reading what happens with the leap second, I am sure my problem has nothing to do with that problem. The high CPU load only occurred when a VirtualBox process was running. Stopping that process brings the CPU load back to normal. Starting the process again, the load is high again. But now after a reboot all is back to normal. -- fr.gr. Freek de Kruijf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
