Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:41:52 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Strange output in "Top" Message-ID: <34184980.49639858@nola.srrc.usda.gov>
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I just did a "make world" on my -current SMP system. I started up a lengthy (weeks to complete) calculation and then checked 'top'. The WCPU and CPU fields give me extremely low numbers. When no other processes are running, the WCPU and CPU field hover around 0-1% for the calculation process and the %idle field is around 98-99%. Strangely, if I increase the system load, the WCPU and CPU %values go up, and keep going up as the load goes up, but not to what I think they should be. What the values should be is about 50% (100% of a single CPU) with no other activity. The percentage of this process should decrease as I increase the load. The system load numbers are what I would expect and the calculation is proceeding at its normal speed. So I guess either 'top' is calculating wrong or is getting the wrong information. This behavior began today for me with a fresh cvsup, but note that I don't 'make world' every day so I don't know when the problem might have manifested in the code. Of course it could be some quirk with my machine. Thanks. -- Glenn Johnson gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov
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