# System load is always at ~1 but CPU and Disk are in idle **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [April 29, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/system-load-is-always-at-1-but-cpu-and-disk-are-in-idle/9734 "2023-04-29T21:26:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timetofaceit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@timetofaceit](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/timetofaceit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/system-load-is-always-at-1-but-cpu-and-disk-are-in-idle/9734/1 "2023-04-29T21:26:47Z")
Hi guys! I have just installed a fresh copy of Rocky Linux 9.1 to my new mini PC and everything looks to be fine, but for some reason system load is always at ~1 for no reason… “htop” and “top” commands don’t show anything and CPU with Disk usage are almost at 0. The only one process that “top” command shows in D state is “kworker”: **272 root 20 0 0.0m 0.0m 0.0m D 4.0 0.0 1:14.81 kworker/3:2+pm** I don’t know if this is worth to mention, but the first problem that I got after OS install was that one CPU core was always at ~70% for no reason, but this post solved that issue - [Link](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/653292/htop-shows-one-core-at-100-cpu-usage-but-no-processes-are-using-much-cpu) I can’t find anything else related in google about this problem, so maybe someone here can help me with some ideas what to check and what can be the cause of this 🙄 If you need more information about my setup I can add it, but I didn’t install anything else after OS install apart docker service which shouldn’t be the case, because if I stop it, the load doesn’t change… ---
**Author:** ![FrankCox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/frankcox/32/1572_2.png) [@FrankCox](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/FrankCox)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/system-load-is-always-at-1-but-cpu-and-disk-are-in-idle/9734/2 "2023-04-30T05:35:22Z")
Since kworker is a kernel worker process, install perf and see if that tells you anything interesting. ---
**Author:** ![timetofaceit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@timetofaceit](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/timetofaceit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/system-load-is-always-at-1-but-cpu-and-disk-are-in-idle/9734/3 "2023-04-30T07:05:27Z")
Hi Frank! Thanks for your reply!. I have installed perf and used “perf top” command. This is what I got: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/5/58e19e6ac8dd1fa7258a95d71c5961872400f784.png) This information doesn’t say much to me, so maybe you have any clue if there is something wrong from this picture? Maybe I should check something else with perf? ---
**Author:** ![FrankCox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/frankcox/32/1572_2.png) [@FrankCox](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/FrankCox)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/system-load-is-always-at-1-but-cpu-and-disk-are-in-idle/9734/4 "2023-04-30T07:10:23Z")
[https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=223799](https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=223799) ---
**Author:** ![timetofaceit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@timetofaceit](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/timetofaceit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/system-load-is-always-at-1-but-cpu-and-disk-are-in-idle/9734/5 "2023-04-30T08:12:38Z")
This could be the cause, but its the same problem that I described in the first message when one CPU core was at ~70% always. In my case if I check acpi interrupts I see that `/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe6D: 1284 EN enabled unmasked` is filling up, but the problem is that if I do `sudo echo "disable" >/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe6D` it gets re-enabled by itself again shortly… Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![timetofaceit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@timetofaceit](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/timetofaceit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/system-load-is-always-at-1-but-cpu-and-disk-are-in-idle/9734/6 "2023-04-30T08:29:37Z")
Ok, I think I found the solution! I googled a bit why it gets re-enabled and found this - [Link](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/242013/disable-gpe-acpi-interrupts-on-boot) So what I did in my case was: 1. Create a service - `/etc/systemd/system/mask-gpe6D.service` 2. Add these lines: ```auto [Unit] Description=Mask GPE 6D [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c 'echo "mask" > /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe6D' [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` 3. Enable created service `systemctl enable mask-gpe6D.service` 4. Reboot Load is at normal values now! Thanks Frank! 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/system-load-is-always-at-1-but-cpu-and-disk-are-in-idle/9734/7 "2023-08-25T03:16:12Z")