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This answer keeps clogging up my results researching my high kernel_task issues. This answer being over enthusiastically given even after thermal throttling co

This answer keeps clogging up my results researching my high kernel_task issues. This answer being over enthusiastically given even after thermal throttling could reasonably be ruled out is one thing - but it seems like there’s also no real way to troubleshoot this type of issue (what sub-process is going wild?). Best I could find was a command to list the RAM usage of kernel modules.

ENGNR 5y ago
I believe kernel_task itself is just doing a bunch of sleep commands, specifically to give the CPU a rest so the temperature cools down
vaughan 5y ago
In my experience, high kernel_task is mostly due to VRM throttling. Once I resolved that I never had any issues with it.