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# sk172047 - fw_full process consumes 100% CPU

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk172047 |
| Date Created | 2021-02-25 |
| Last Modified | 2022-11-22 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |

## Symptoms

- * Running the 'top' command on the Security Gateway shows that the process 'fw_full' is at approximately 100% CPU usage.

* Pressing 'c' when running the 'top' command shows that the command for fw_full is 'fw ctl kdebug -f -t'.

## Cause

Kernel debug is running on the background.

## Solution

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