Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: Distribution:Gentoo Linux. Hardware Environment:HP-Compaq nx6110 Notebook Software Environment: uname -a Linux scrat 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 #3 SMP Wed Aug 2 16:58:15 EAT 2006 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz GNU/Linux Problem Description: kacpid runs at 100% cpu usage. Computer Overheats (can almost fry an egg :-p ) Output from top: Tasks: 85 total, 7 running, 78 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 1.0% us, 99.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.0% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Mem: 248024k total, 236008k used, 12016k free, 10980k buffers Swap: 498952k total, 280k used, 498672k free, 101492k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 10 root 20 -5 0 0 0 R 98.6 0.0 26:15.18 kacpid 1443 root 15 0 23112 14m 6580 R 1.0 6.1 0:25.67 X 10107 miraj 15 0 2120 1104 840 R 0.3 0.4 0:00.02 top 1 root 15 0 1484 512 444 S 0.0 0.2 0:01.51 init 2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0 3 root 34 19 0 0 0 R 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0 4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0 5 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.54 events/0 6 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper 7 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthread 9 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/0 101 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 kseriod 104 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd 157 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 pdflush 158 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 pdflush 159 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.25 kswapd0 160 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0 777 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kpsmoused 1610 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khpsbpkt 1682 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 knodemgrd_0 2064 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.18 kjournald 2754 root 13 -4 1712 532 332 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.43 udevd 8010 root 24 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pccardd 9757 root 15 0 1724 580 420 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.01 syslog-ng 9797 root 25 0 1472 476 408 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 acpid Steps to reproduce: Compile ACPI in kernel, reboot, compile anything else... Remove ACPI and problem goes away.
More info is needed: "please include the following: * The output from dmesg -s40000 or the serial console log * The output from dmidecode, available in /usr/sbin/ or at savannah.nongnu.org or at kernel.org * The output from acpidump, available in /usr/sbin/ or in the PM Tools at kernel.org * Please attach the output from lspci -vv and cat /proc/interrupts"
please try CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=n and see if you can still reproduce this issue.
Created attachment 8686 [details] output from acpidump
Created attachment 8687 [details] output of dmesg -s40000
Created attachment 8688 [details] output from dmidecode.txt
Created attachment 8689 [details] output from proc/interrupts
Created attachment 8690 [details] output of lspci
ill try CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=n; and shall revert back to you later. i recompiled the kernel like this and it has not given me problems. its probably one of the modules thats causing this. thanks for all the help though... miraj. # # ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support # CONFIG_ACPI=y # CONFIG_ACPI_AC is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY is not set CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m # CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_HOTKEY is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_FAN is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_IBM is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=0 # CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y # CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_CONTAINER is not set
No guys, CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=n has not helped... it actually acts up when i start compiling anything else. it still runs at those cpu %ages even after whatever im compiling finishes... my mistake, also happens in the previous config i posted earlier.
Hi All. I dont know what ive done. but it seems to be behaving now. i installed quite a number of applications and it seems to be working, like gnome-power-manager, acpid and laptop-mode-tools and many others not sure which one actually worked... hmmmmm, how can i file this as a problem between the computer and the chair? :-P I shall monitor this for a while. its been almost an hour since it has not gone gaga on me. Thanks for your help. Miraj.
Problem still valid, reproduced under Linux integral 2.6.19.1 #1 PREEMPT Thu Jan 4 23:16:06 CET 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Same notebook model (just under debian - etch). Used to happen under 2.6.16, 2.6.18 and 2.6.17. It starts acting up whenever doing a cpu intensive task, keeps going for a good while and stops without any apparent reason. A reboot fixes the problem (temporarly), as does disabling acpi on boot (this fixes it for good, but obvoiusly doesnt count as a fix, does it ? :) ). Bugfixes suggested in this report dont help. Requesting this bug to be reopened, or a working description of a configuration change be provided (since its marked 'invalid' i assume this is not a true bug, and there is a solution available somewhere).
please try patch from bug #5534
Thanks for the quick reply Alexey, this looks like it might do the trick. But it doesnt compile with 2.6.19.1 with: drivers/acpi/osl.c: In function 'acpi_os_execute_notify': drivers/acpi/osl.c:589: error: 'struct acpi_os_dpc' has no member named 'work' drivers/acpi/osl.c:589: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '__mptr' drivers/acpi/osl.c:589: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type drivers/acpi/osl.c:589: error: 'struct acpi_os_dpc' has no member named 'work' drivers/acpi/osl.c:668:50: error: macro "INIT_WORK" requires 3 arguments, but only 2 given drivers/acpi/osl.c: In function 'acpi_os_execute': drivers/acpi/osl.c:668: error: 'INIT_WORK' undeclared (first use in this function) drivers/acpi/osl.c:668: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once drivers/acpi/osl.c:668: error: for each function it appears in.) drivers/acpi/osl.c:669: error: 'struct acpi_os_dpc' has no member named 'work' drivers/acpi/osl.c:674:52: error: macro "INIT_WORK" requires 3 arguments, but only 2 given drivers/acpi/osl.c:675: error: 'struct acpi_os_dpc' has no member named 'work' drivers/acpi/osl.c:620: warning: unused variable 'task' Also - the last chunk in the patch failed, and a most were moved. But thats something minor that i can actually handle :) To the point: would it be too much if i asked for a working one ? This is really bothersome, and forces me to reboot my laptop frequently. Any help will be greatly appreciated (should you guys want to test anything on this brand/model machine, just let me know, im fine with it as long as swsusp works on that kernel :P). Cheers, Lukasz
Latest patch in 5534 is for 2.6.20 kernel, for your 19 you should use patch from #180 commit, sorry for not telling you earlier :)
Thx alot :D Here goes... hopefully - something. Patch applied, already running the patched kernel. Ill get back once this happens again, or in a week if it doesnt (i expect it to happen at least once every 24 hours, but lets be safe - im adding it to my organizer now :) ). Thanks again for the quick responce :)
Well, still no love, it just happend again after waking the laptop from sleep (induced by acpitool -S). Something has changed thou: kacpid is eating 60% of my resources, while kacpi_notify is chewing away happily at the rest of them (cpu load is 90-100% again). Sadly - the bug is not resolved(nor is it invalid).
hi, i made this invalid as it can be resolved without tinkering with the kernel. install laptop-mode-tools (and/or) laptop-detect for your distribution (apt-get install laptop-mode-tools laptop-detect)? i switched from gentoo linux to ubuntu (evolution-exchange is a better experience on ubuntu from what i think) on the same laptop and this problem has gone. im currently on Linux kernel version 2.6.17-10. let me know if this helps. oh.... the trickest part to install is the wireless drivers. let me know if u need help. miraj.
Well, resume of your machine should be fixed in #7122.
Hi, sadly - no love. It just happend again with a kernel with the 7122 patches applied. In fact, it seems to be happening faster after a wakeup the previously, and happens almost every time. Im thinking the pattern occurs when i put the laptop to sleep with the AC still plugged in and wake it up without the AC. laptop-mode and laptop-detect did nothing usefull. I already have wifi via ndiswrapper, and it happens regardless if i have the module loaded or not (i checked this a couple of times). Ideas ? More info needed ? Should i start a new bug ? (its still the same problem as i understand it).
Created attachment 10082 [details] update AC state after a resume >Im thinking the pattern occurs when i put the laptop to sleep with the AC >still plugged in and wake it up without the AC. This sounds interesting. Maybe update the AC state after a resume will make some difference. Can you have a test with this patch? :)
This problem just hit me after upgrading from Ubuntu Edgy (2.6.17) to Feisty (2.6.20-16-generic). The symptoms are the same, kacpid takes 2/3'ds of the cpu and kacpi_notify takes the rest. There are lots of other Ubuntu users with the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=462057 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi/+bug/75174
Since this bug report seems to have been rejected though there's clearly a bug here, head on over to bug 8274, which is still open and covers the same problem.