# Ebpf.plugin has increasingly high CPU usage

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/ebpf-plugin-has-increasingly-high-cpu-usage/707>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** agent\
**Created:** [December 30, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/ebpf-plugin-has-increasingly-high-cpu-usage/707 "2020-12-30T11:46:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![erencay](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/erencay/32/333_2.png) [@erencay](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/erencay)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/ebpf-plugin-has-increasingly-high-cpu-usage/707/1 "2020-12-30T11:46:09Z")

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![Screenshot from 2020-12-30 14-34-16](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/1X/2be6e45a30d43674e4ab80d2c2adf78a8e53ecf9.png)

```auto
Linux debian 4.19.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2+deb10u2 (2019-11-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux
/etc/os-release:PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
/etc/os-release:NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
/etc/os-release:VERSION_ID="10"
/etc/os-release:VERSION="10 (buster)"
/etc/os-release:VERSION_CODENAME=buster
/etc/os-release:ID=debian
/etc/os-release:HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
/etc/os-release:SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
/etc/os-release:BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

```

Netdata version: `netdata v1.28.0-47-nightly`

Hey, I installed netdata yesterday and had the above behavior which seems odd to me. Is this the expected behavior or something is wrong?