Idle system having high load average

[abasu0713]

Hi OrangePi team,

I am compiling a full Linux Image and loading it on a board with some extra Kernel Modules (Ceph and RBD). It's fresh install and has no software installed on it. Not even an update. Can you guys tell me why am I seeing a load average of 1.0 and higher all the time? and there are hundreds of processes for zswap.

orangepi@orangepi3b:~$ uptime
 00:58:32 up 47 min,  3 users,  load average: 1.02, 1.01, 1.00

I don't have this issue on an OrangePi 5B or 5Plus with the same kernel modules self-compiled.

It's a simple Ubuntu Server Jammy.

orangepi@orangepi3b:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy
orangepi@orangepi3b:~$ uptime
 01:02:30 up 51 min,  3 users,  load average: 1.07, 1.02, 1.00

I have even tried turning off swap. To no avail. Would really appreciate any help