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Kernel oops on Linux running in VirtualBox breaks some IO-related functionality on the server

- by Kristoffer E

We are having problems with CentOS release 6.3 running in VirtualBox on Windows 7 machines. The symptoms are the following: Everything works as normal for several hours, even days. Then something happens which breaks the system. What we still can do after this something happens: Access the web server Use existing SSH sessions to run top and free What does not work: Starting new SSH sessions (hangs after username and password is entered) Running ls in existing SSH sessions (hangs) SSI includes from our web servers that fetch data from remote machines probably more What we see on the server when this something happens is the following: Load average go from basically nothing to around 3 CPU usage is still low (5%) Disk activity is low (running iostat) Plenty of memory available Plenty of disk space available In /var/log/messages we get the following: Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: e1000 0000:00:03.0: eth0: Detected Tx Unit Hang Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: Tx Queue <0> Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: TDH <2e> Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: TDT <30> Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: next_to_use <30> Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: next_to_clean <2e> Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: buffer_info[next_to_clean] Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: time_stamp <1038284db> Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: next_to_watch <2f> Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: jiffies <103828b42> Jun 14 01:10:48 devvm kernel: next_to_watch.status <0> Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: e1000 0000:00:03.0: eth0: Detected Tx Unit Hang Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: Tx Queue <0> Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: TDH <2e> Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: TDT <30> Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: next_to_use <30> Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: next_to_clean <2e> Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: buffer_info[next_to_clean] Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: time_stamp <1038284db> Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: next_to_watch <2f> Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: jiffies <103829312> Jun 14 01:10:50 devvm kernel: next_to_watch.status <0> Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:261 dev_watchdog+0x26d/0x280() (Not tainted) Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: Hardware name: VirtualBox Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (e1000): transmit queue 0 timed out Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: Modules linked in: vboxsf(U) ipv6 ppdev parport_pc parport microcode sg vboxguest(U) i2c_piix4 i2c_core e1000 snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc pcnet32 mii ext4 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod crc_t10dif ahci dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: Call Trace: Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: <IRQ> [<ffffffff8106b747>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x87/0xc0 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8106b836>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff814595fd>] ? dev_watchdog+0x26d/0x280 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81099138>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xb8/0x110 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81459390>] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x280 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8107e897>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x197/0x340 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff810a21c0>] ? tick_sched_timer+0x0/0xc0 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8102b40d>] ? lapic_next_event+0x1d/0x30 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81073ec1>] ? __do_softirq+0xc1/0x1e0 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81096c50>] ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x140/0x250 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8100c24c>] ? call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8100de85>] ? do_softirq+0x65/0xa0 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81073ca5>] ? irq_exit+0x85/0x90 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81505be0>] ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x70/0x9b Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8100bc13>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: <EOI> [<ffffffff810387cb>] ? native_safe_halt+0xb/0x10 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff810149cd>] ? default_idle+0x4d/0xb0 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81009e06>] ? cpu_idle+0xb6/0x110 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff814e433a>] ? rest_init+0x7a/0x80 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81c21f7b>] ? start_kernel+0x424/0x430 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81c2133a>] ? x86_64_start_reservations+0x125/0x129 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81c21438>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xfa/0x109 Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: ---[ end trace 2c7bb984812cf120 ]--- Jun 14 01:10:52 devvm kernel: e1000 0000:00:03.0: eth0: Reset adapter Jun 14 01:10:53 devvm abrtd: Directory 'oops-2013-06-14-01:10:53-1537-0' creation detected Jun 14 01:10:53 devvm abrt-dump-oops: Reported 1 kernel oopses to Abrt Jun 14 01:10:53 devvm abrtd: Can't open file '/var/spool/abrt/oops-2013-06-14-01:10:53-1537-0/uid': No such file or directory Jun 14 01:10:55 devvm kernel: Bridge firewalling registered After this we see for a while, every two minutes: Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: INFO: task events/0:19 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: events/0 D 0000000000000000 0 19 2 0x00000000 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: ffff880116c4fb90 0000000000000046 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: 0000000000016680 0000000000016680 ffff880028210400 0000000000016680 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: ffff880116c4daf8 ffff880116c4ffd8 000000000000fb88 ffff880116c4daf8 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: Call Trace: Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8105b483>] ? perf_event_task_sched_out+0x33/0x80 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff814fe6a5>] schedule_timeout+0x215/0x2e0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8100975d>] ? __switch_to+0x13d/0x320 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff814fe323>] wait_for_common+0x123/0x180 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81060250>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff814fe43d>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8108d093>] __cancel_work_timer+0x1b3/0x1e0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8108cbe0>] ? wq_barrier_func+0x0/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8108d0f0>] cancel_work_sync+0x10/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffffa01c5ca5>] e1000_down_and_stop+0x25/0x50 [e1000] Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffffa01cb695>] e1000_down+0x155/0x200 [e1000] Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffffa01cbcb0>] ? e1000_reset_task+0x0/0xe0 [e1000] Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffffa01cbd1e>] e1000_reset_task+0x6e/0xe0 [e1000] Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8108c760>] worker_thread+0x170/0x2a0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff810920d0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8108c5f0>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x2a0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81091d66>] kthread+0x96/0xa0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8100c14a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81091cd0>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8100c140>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: INFO: task parted:8069 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: parted D 0000000000000003 0 8069 7994 0x00000080 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: ffff8800908b3bb8 0000000000000082 0000000000000000 ffff88010ab50080 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: ffff880116c7d500 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: ffff88010ab50638 ffff8800908b3fd8 000000000000fb88 ffff88010ab50638 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: Call Trace: Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff814fe6a5>] schedule_timeout+0x215/0x2e0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff814fe323>] wait_for_common+0x123/0x180 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff81060250>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8112b6d0>] ? lru_add_drain_per_cpu+0x0/0x10 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff814fe43d>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8108d177>] flush_work+0x77/0xc0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8108cbe0>] ? wq_barrier_func+0x0/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8108d2f3>] schedule_on_each_cpu+0x133/0x180 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff811ad440>] ? invalidate_bh_lru+0x0/0x50 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8112ae35>] lru_add_drain_all+0x15/0x20 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff811adf6a>] invalidate_bdev+0x2a/0x50 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8125e9a4>] blkdev_ioctl+0x3b4/0x6e0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff811b381c>] block_ioctl+0x3c/0x40 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8118dec2>] vfs_ioctl+0x22/0xa0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8118e064>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x84/0x580 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8118e5e1>] sys_ioctl+0x81/0xa0 Jun 14 01:14:22 devvm kernel: [<ffffffff8100b0f2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b In /var/spool/abrt/oops-2013-06-14-01:10:53-1537-0 we can see the following information: In backtrace: WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:261 dev_watchdog+0x26d/0x280() (Not tainted) Hardware name: VirtualBox NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (e1000): transmit queue 0 timed out Modules linked in: vboxsf(U) ipv6 ppdev parport_pc parport microcode sg vboxguest(U) i2c_piix4 i2c_core e1000 snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc pcnet32 mii ext4 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod crc_t10dif ahci dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff8106b747>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x87/0xc0 [<ffffffff8106b836>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 [<ffffffff814595fd>] ? dev_watchdog+0x26d/0x280 [<ffffffff81099138>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xb8/0x110 [<ffffffff81459390>] ? dev_watchdog+0x0/0x280 [<ffffffff8107e897>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x197/0x340 [<ffffffff810a21c0>] ? tick_sched_timer+0x0/0xc0 [<ffffffff8102b40d>] ? lapic_next_event+0x1d/0x30 [<ffffffff81073ec1>] ? __do_softirq+0xc1/0x1e0 [<ffffffff81096c50>] ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x140/0x250 [<ffffffff8100c24c>] ? call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 [<ffffffff8100de85>] ? do_softirq+0x65/0xa0 [<ffffffff81073ca5>] ? irq_exit+0x85/0x90 [<ffffffff81505be0>] ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x70/0x9b [<ffffffff8100bc13>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20 <EOI> [<ffffffff810387cb>] ? native_safe_halt+0xb/0x10 [<ffffffff810149cd>] ? default_idle+0x4d/0xb0 [<ffffffff81009e06>] ? cpu_idle+0xb6/0x110 [<ffffffff814e433a>] ? rest_init+0x7a/0x80 [<ffffffff81c21f7b>] ? start_kernel+0x424/0x430 [<ffffffff81c2133a>] ? x86_64_start_reservations+0x125/0x129 [<ffffffff81c21438>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xfa/0x109 In cmdline: ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_01-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=sv-latin1 rd_NO_MD SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd_LVM_LV=vg_01/lv_root crashkernel=129M@0M rhgb quiet rd_LVM_LV=vg_01/lv_swap rd_NO_DM rhgb quie Additional information: # uname -a Linux devvm 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:19:21 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 6.3 (Final) VirtualBox version 4.2.6. Any insight in how we can proceed with troubleshooting this is appreciated. If you need more information, just let me know.

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Getting Selected Dropdown content to show in a form-generated email

- by fmz

I have a small contact form: <form method="post" action="contact.php" name="contactform" id="contactform"> <fieldset> <legend>Please fill in the following form to contact us</legend> <label for="name"><span class="required">*</span> Your Name</label> <input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="30" value="" /> <br /> <label for="company"><span class="required">*</span> Company</label> <input name="company" type="text" id="name" size="30" value="" /> <br /> <label for="email"><span class="required">*</span> Email</label> <input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="30" value="" /> <br /> <label for="phone"><span class="required">*</span> Phone</label> <input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" size="30" value="" /> <br /> <label for="purpose"><span class="required">*</span> Purpose</label> <select id="purpose" style="width: 300px; height:35px;"> <option value="I am interested in your services">I am interested in your services!</option> <option value="I am interested in a partnership">I am interested in a partnership!</option> <option value="I am interested in a job">I am interested in a job!</option> </select> <br /> <label for=comments><span class="required">*</span> Comments</label> <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="3" id="comments" style="width: 350px;"></textarea> <p><span class="required">*</span> Please help us control spam.</p> <label for=verify accesskey=V>   3 + 1 =</label> <input name="verify" type="text" id="verify" size="4" value="" style="width: 30px;" /><br /><br /> <input type="submit" class="submit" id="submit" value="Submit" /> </fieldset> </form> I want to send the results of the form in a php generated email. Everything is coming through except the selected contents of the "purpose" drop down. Here is the PHP: <?php if(!$_POST) exit; $name = $_POST['name']; $company = $_POST['company']; $email = $_POST['email']; $phone = $_POST['phone']; $purpose = $_POST['purpose']; $comments = $_POST['comments']; $verify = $_POST['verify']; if(trim($name) == '') { echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! You must enter your name.</div>'; exit(); } else if(trim($company) == '') { echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter your company name.</div>'; exit(); } else if(trim($email) == '') { echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter a valid email address.</div>'; exit(); } else if(trim($phone) == '') { echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter a valid phone number.</div>'; exit(); } else if(!isEmail($email)) { echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! You have enter an invalid e-mail address, try again.</div>'; exit(); } if(trim($comments) == '') { echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter your message.</div>'; exit(); } else if(trim($verify) == '') { echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter the verification number.</div>'; exit(); } else if(trim($verify) != '4') { echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! The verification number you entered is incorrect.</div>'; exit(); } if($error == '') { if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { $comments = stripslashes($comments); } // Configuration option. // Enter the email address that you want to emails to be sent to. // Example $address = "[email protected]"; $address = "[email protected]"; // Configuration option. // i.e. The standard subject will appear as, "You've been contacted by John Doe." // Example, $e_subject = '$name . ' has contacted you via Your Website.'; $e_subject = 'You\'ve been contacted by ' . $name . '.'; // Configuration option. // You can change this if you feel that you need to. // Developers, you may wish to add more fields to the form, in which case you must be sure to add them here. $e_body = "You have been contacted by $name.\r\n\n"; $e_content = "Comments: \"$comments\"\r\n\n"; $e_company = "Company: $company\r\n\n"; $e_purpose = "Reason for contact: $purpose\r\n"; $e_reply = "You can contact $name via email, $email or via phone $phone"; $msg = $e_body . $e_content . $e_company . $e_purpose . $e_reply; if(mail($address, $e_subject, $msg, "From: $email\r\nReply-To: $email\r\nReturn-Path: $email\r\n")) { // Email has sent successfully, echo a success page. echo "<fieldset>"; echo "<div id='success_page'>"; echo "<h1>Email Sent Successfully.</h1>"; echo "<p>Thank you <strong>$name</strong>, your message has been submitted to us.</p>"; echo "</div>"; echo "</fieldset>"; } else { echo 'ERROR!'; } } function isEmail($email) { // Email address verification, do not edit. return(preg_match("/^[-_.[:alnum:]]+@((([[:alnum:]]|[[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]-]*[[:alnum:]])\.)+(ad|ae|aero|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|arpa|as|at|au|aw|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|biz|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|com|coop|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|edu|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gov|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|in|info|int|io|iq|ir|is|it|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|mg|mh|mil|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|museum|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|name|nc|ne|net|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nt|nu|nz|om|org|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|pro|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|st|su|sv|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|um|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)$|(([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5])\.){3}([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5]))$/i",$email)); } ?> What am I missing? Thanks.

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New CentOS/cPanel servers showing high load averages at idle

- by Jax

I have taken delivery of two identically specced CentOS/cPanel servers, showing the same behaviour of a resting load average of 1.30, 1.21, 1.16 and yet the CPU is sitting 100% idle. Hardware: Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 4GB RAM Behavior:- top shows CPU 99.9% idle virtually no disk IO Some command output :- uname -a Linux server.myserver.com 2.6.18-308.4.1.el5PAE #1 SMP Tue Apr 17 17:47:38 EDT 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux top top - 10:37:50 up 1:47, 1 user, load average: 1.28, 1.20, 1.17 Tasks: 199 total, 1 running, 198 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.9%id, 0.1%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 4125104k total, 438764k used, 3686340k free, 25788k buffers Swap: 2096440k total, 0k used, 2096440k free, 291080k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 1 root 15 0 2160 640 552 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.89 init 2 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0 3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0 4 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0 5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/1 6 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1 7 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1 8 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/2 9 root 35 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/2 10 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/2 11 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/3 12 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/3 13 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/3 14 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/4 15 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/4 16 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/4 17 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/5 18 root 38 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/5 19 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/5 20 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/6 21 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/6 22 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/6 23 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/7 24 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/7 25 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/7 26 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:06.42 events/0 27 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 events/1 28 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 events/2 29 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 events/3 30 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 events/4 31 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 events/5 32 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 events/6 33 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 events/7 34 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper 35 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthread 45 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/0 46 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/1 47 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/2 48 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/3 49 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/4 50 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/5 51 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/6 52 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/7 53 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid 189 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/0 190 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/1 191 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/2 192 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/3 193 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/4 194 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/5 195 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/6 196 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/7 199 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd ps axf PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1 ? Ss 0:00 init [3] 2 ? S< 0:00 [migration/0] 3 ? SN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0] 4 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/0] 5 ? S< 0:00 [migration/1] 6 ? SN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1] 7 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/1] 8 ? S< 0:00 [migration/2] 9 ? SN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/2] 10 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/2] 11 ? S< 0:00 [migration/3] 12 ? SN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/3] 13 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/3] 14 ? S< 0:00 [migration/4] 15 ? SN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/4] 16 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/4] 17 ? S< 0:00 [migration/5] 18 ? SN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/5] 19 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/5] 20 ? S< 0:00 [migration/6] 21 ? SN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/6] 22 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/6] 23 ? S< 0:00 [migration/7] 24 ? SN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/7] 25 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/7] 26 ? S< 0:06 [events/0] 27 ? S< 0:00 [events/1] 28 ? S< 0:00 [events/2] 29 ? S< 0:00 [events/3] 30 ? S< 0:00 [events/4] 31 ? S< 0:00 [events/5] 32 ? S< 0:00 [events/6] 33 ? S< 0:00 [events/7] 34 ? S< 0:00 [khelper] 35 ? S< 0:00 [kthread] 45 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/0] 46 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/1] 47 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/2] 48 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/3] 49 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/4] 50 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/5] 51 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/6] 52 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/7] 53 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kacpid] 189 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cqueue/0] 190 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cqueue/1] 191 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cqueue/2] 192 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cqueue/3] 193 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cqueue/4] 194 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cqueue/5] 195 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cqueue/6] 196 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cqueue/7] 199 ? S< 0:00 \_ [khubd] 201 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kseriod] 301 ? S 0:00 \_ [khungtaskd] 302 ? S 0:00 \_ [pdflush] 303 ? S 0:00 \_ [pdflush] 304 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kswapd0] 305 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/0] 306 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/1] 307 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/2] 308 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/3] 309 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/4] 310 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/5] 311 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/6] 312 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/7] 472 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kpsmoused] 551 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/0] 552 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/1] 553 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/2] 554 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/3] 555 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/4] 556 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/5] 557 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/6] 558 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/7] 559 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata_aux] 569 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_0] 570 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_1] 571 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_2] 572 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_3] 573 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_4] 574 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_5] 593 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kstriped] 630 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald] 655 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kauditd] 1860 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/0] 1861 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/1] 1862 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/2] 1863 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/3] 1864 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/4] 1865 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/5] 1866 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/6] 1867 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpathd/7] 1868 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kmpath_handlerd] 1902 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald] 1904 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald] 1906 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald] 1908 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald] 1910 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald] 2184 ? S< 0:00 \_ [iscsi_eh] 2288 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cnic_wq] 2298 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bnx2i_thread/0] 2299 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bnx2i_thread/1] 2300 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bnx2i_thread/2] 2301 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bnx2i_thread/3] 2302 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bnx2i_thread/4] 2303 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bnx2i_thread/5] 2304 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bnx2i_thread/6] 2305 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bnx2i_thread/7] 2330 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_addr] 2359 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_mcast] 2360 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_inform] 2361 ? S< 0:00 \_ [local_sa] 2371 ? S< 0:00 \_ [iw_cm_wq] 2381 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_cm/0] 2382 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_cm/1] 2383 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_cm/2] 2384 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_cm/3] 2385 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_cm/4] 2386 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_cm/5] 2387 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_cm/6] 2388 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ib_cm/7] 2398 ? S< 0:00 \_ [rdma_cm] 2684 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bond0] 2882 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bond1] 3195 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kondemand/0] 3197 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kondemand/1] 3198 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kondemand/2] 3199 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kondemand/3] 3200 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kondemand/4] 3201 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kondemand/5] 3202 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kondemand/6] 3203 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kondemand/7] 688 ? S<s 0:00 /sbin/udevd -d 2425 ? S<Lsl 0:00 iscsiuio 2432 ? Ss 0:00 iscsid 2434 ? S<Ls 0:00 iscsid 3061 ? S<sl 0:00 auditd 3063 ? S<sl 0:00 \_ /sbin/audispd 3121 ? Ss 0:00 syslogd -m 0 3124 ? Ss 0:00 klogd -x 3220 ? Ss 0:00 irqbalance 3278 ? Ss 0:00 dbus-daemon --system 3324 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid 3337 ? Ss 0:00 hald 3338 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-runner 3345 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket 3349 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event1 3360 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sr0 3413 ? Ssl 0:00 automount 3435 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/sbin/named -u named 3466 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd 4072 ? Ss 0:00 \_ sshd: root@pts/0 4078 pts/0 Ss 0:00 \_ -bash 5436 pts/0 R+ 0:00 \_ ps axf 3484 ? Ss 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid 3500 ? SLs 0:00 ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g 3514 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/server.myserver.com.pid 3575 ? Sl 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --log-error=/var/lib/mysql/server.myserver.com.err --pid-fil 3687 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q1h 3709 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot 3710 ? S 0:00 \_ dovecot-auth 3725 ? S 0:00 \_ pop3-login 3726 ? S 0:00 \_ pop3-login 3727 ? S 0:00 \_ imap-login 3728 ? S 0:00 \_ imap-login 3729 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 4326 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/cpanel/bin/leechprotect 4332 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 4333 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 4334 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 4335 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 4336 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 4337 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 4382 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 4383 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 4384 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 5389 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 5390 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL 3741 ? Ss 0:00 pure-ftpd (SERVER) 3746 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/pure-authd -s /var/run/ftpd.sock -r /usr/sbin/pureauth 3759 ? Ss 0:00 crond 3772 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd 3909 ? S 0:00 cpsrvd (SSL) - waiting for connections 5435 ? Z 0:00 \_ [cpsrvd-ssl] <defunct> 3931 ? S 0:00 queueprocd - wait to process a task 3948 ? S 0:00 tailwatchd 3954 ? SN 0:00 cpanellogd - sleeping for logs 4003 ? Ss 0:00 ./nimbus /opt/nimsoft 4016 ? S 0:00 \_ nimbus(controller) 4053 ? Sl 0:00 \_ nimbus(spooler) 4066 ? S 0:00 \_ nimbus(hdb) 4069 ? S 0:00 \_ nimbus(cdm) 4070 ? S 0:00 \_ nimbus(processes) 4023 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/smartd -q never 4027 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1 4028 tty2 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 4029 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 4030 tty4 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 4031 tty5 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 4033 tty6 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 4035 ttyS1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/agetty -h -L ttyS1 19200 vt100 vmstat 10 6 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------ r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 0 0 0 3718136 25684 257424 0 0 8 3 127 189 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 3718136 25700 257420 0 0 0 7 1013 1500 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 3718136 25700 257424 0 0 0 1 1013 1551 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 3718136 25700 257424 0 0 0 0 1012 1469 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 3712680 25716 257424 0 0 0 2 1013 1542 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 3718376 25740 257424 0 0 0 46 1017 1534 0 0 100 0 0 Can anyone advise me as to what is the cause of and how I may resolve this behaviour? A kernel/driver conflict perhaps? I don't see any processes in R or D state that might inflate the load averages artificially, I realise it may be considered low in an 8 thread system but its higher at idle than any normal behaviour I've previously come across. Thanks in advance for your time. Edit: iotop Total DISK READ: 0.00 B/s | Total DISK WRITE: 0.00 B/s TID PRIO USER DISK READ DISK WRITE SWAPIN IO> COMMAND 26 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.29 % [events/0] 3205 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.10 % [kondemand/2] 3208 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kondemand/5] 3209 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kondemand/6] 3207 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.10 % 0.00 % [kondemand/4] 3210 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kondemand/7] 3227 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % irqbalance 3288 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [rpciod/1] 3287 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [rpciod/0] 3206 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kondemand/3] 3069 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % auditd 3070 be/2 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % audispd 655 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kauditd] 3619 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % automount 3 be/7 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [ksoftirqd/0] 3068 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % auditd 29 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [events/3] 4 rt/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/0] 7 rt/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/1] 10 rt/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/2] 13 rt/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/3] 16 rt/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/4] 19 rt/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/5] 22 rt/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/6] 25 rt/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/7] 27 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [events/1] 28 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.29 % 0.00 % [events/2] 30 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [events/4] 31 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [events/5] 32 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [events/6] 33 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [events/7] 34 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [khelper] 35 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kthread] 45 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kblockd/0]

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