[proaudio] 2.6.21-rt9 - IRQ23 using CPU constantly / 2.6.18-rt7 didn't

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Hi all,

Since upgrading to the 2.6.21-rt series kernel I've seen that IRQ 23
is constantly using a small amount of the CPU. This is true in
2.6.21-rt9 (what's the '.3'?) and 2.6.21-rc5-r12.

Before I report this to the kernel mailing list I thought I'd ask here
whether anyone else has seen anything like this? I haven't seen any
discussions myself but I thought it didn't hurt to ask.

This did not happen on 2.6.18-rt7 which is the most recent kernel on
my machine before this new series. That data is show below also.

I have not yet checked the vanilla kernel.

Any ideas or shall I report it?

Thanks,
Mark

mark@lightning ~ $ uname -a
Linux lightning 2.6.21.3-rt9 #1 PREEMPT RT Sat Jun 9 09:49:32 PDT 2007
x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
mark@lightning ~ $


mark@lightning ~ $ top

top - 10:02:17 up 3 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Tasks:  88 total,   2 running,  86 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  1.3%us,  0.0%sy,  0.0%ni, 95.7%id,  0.0%wa,  3.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Mem:   1026612k total,   190316k used,   836296k free,     8124k buffers
Swap:  2008084k total,        0k used,  2008084k free,    74616k cached

 PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
 947 root     -76  -5     0    0    0 S  2.7  0.0   0:05.58 IRQ-23
9533 root      15   0  324m  13m 7420 S  1.3  1.4   0:03.24 X
   1 root      15   0  2668  588  500 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.27 init
   2 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 posix_cpu_timer
   3 root     -51   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 softirq-high/0



mark@lightning ~ $ cat /proc/interrupts
          CPU0
 0:        212   IO-APIC-edge      timer
 1:        296   IO-APIC-edge      i8042
 6:          3   IO-APIC-edge      floppy
 7:          0   IO-APIC-edge      lpptest
 8:          0   IO-APIC-edge      rtc
 9:          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   acpi
12:       8690   IO-APIC-edge      i8042
14:         62   IO-APIC-edge      ide0
16:          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   hdsp
18:      14496   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ohci1394, radeon@pci:0000:01:00.0
20:          2   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ehci_hcd:usb1
21:       7724   IO-APIC-fasteoi   libata
22:          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   libata, NVidia CK804
23:    1739277   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ohci_hcd:usb2, eth0
NMI:          0
LOC:      59688
ERR:          0
mark@lightning ~ $


mark@lightning ~ $ uname -a
Linux lightning 2.6.18-rt7 #4 PREEMPT Sun Apr 8 17:32:31 PDT 2007
x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
mark@lightning ~ $


mark@lightning ~ $ top

top - 10:09:51 up 1 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Tasks:  83 total,   1 running,  82 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  1.7%us,  0.3%sy,  0.0%ni, 95.4%id,  2.6%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Mem:   1026840k total,   185688k used,   841152k free,     7904k buffers
Swap:  2008084k total,        0k used,  2008084k free,    74172k cached

 PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
9024 root      15   0  324m  13m 7072 S  1.7  1.3   0:01.00 X
   7 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S  0.3  0.0   0:01.02 softirq-block/0
9912 mark      15   0 10600 1304  960 R  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 top
   1 root      15   0  2676  588  500 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.31 init
   2 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 posix_cpu_timer
   3 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 softirq-high/0


lightning ~ # lspci
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97
Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60
[Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]
05:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Xilinx Corporation RME Hammerfall
DSP (rev 68)
05:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b
Link Layer Controller (rev 01)
lightning ~ #



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