Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 16:08:46 -0500 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: dmmiller@cvzoom.net Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Load average calculation? Message-ID: <00040316084601.08733@nomad.dataplex.net> In-Reply-To: <38E8FE5B.CD2FD3E6@cvzoom.net> References: <200004030410.XAA75906@celery.dragondata.com> <20000403221222.A2019@tony.dorf.wh.uni-dortmund.de> <38E8FE5B.CD2FD3E6@cvzoom.net>
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, Donn Miller wrote: > I think we ought to re-examine the definition of load average. By > load, we mean an actual load on the cpu, and waiting processes aren't > really exerting a cpu load. So, by that reasoning I say waiting > processes don't count. I think you have an incorrect (incomplete) definition. Traditionally, the load was the number of processes WANTING to run. Tasks which are waiting for "user" I/O are excluded. However, tasks waiting to be swapped in should be counted. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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