klogd, syslogd use 100% cpu and create 2GB logfiles

[Tim Fuchs]

Binary package hint: klogd

klogd and syslogd use 100% cpu all the time

the two logiles /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog are both at 2GB

my dmesg output looks like this

[47682.916578] bad: scheduling from the idle thread!
[47682.916581] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: P 2.6.27-7-generic #1
[47682.916583] [<c037c3f6>] ? printk+0x1d/0x1f
[47682.916587] [<c0122b8a>] dequeue_task_idle+0x2a/0x40
[47682.916590] [<c012107f>] dequeue_task+0xcf/0x130
[47682.916593] [<c012112a>] deactivate_task+0x1a/0x30
[47682.916596] [<c037ca13>] schedule+0x4b3/0x790
[47682.916599] [<c0380fe5>] ? notifier_call_chain+0x35/0x70
[47682.916604] [<c0151b55>] ? clockevents_notify+0x35/0x80
[47682.916617] [<f8859a43>] ? ticks_elapsed_in_us+0xb/0x4d [processor]
[47682.916628] [<f885a2d7>] ? acpi_state_timer_broadcast+0x36/0x39 [processor]
[47682.916634] [<c0153d82>] ? tick_nohz_stop_idle+0x12/0x70
[47682.916637] [<c0153e15>] ? tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick+0x35/0x180
[47682.916641] [<c01028cd>] cpu_idle+0xbd/0x140
[47682.916644] [<c037a651>] start_secondary+0x9d/0xcc
[47682.916648] =======================