From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 16:59:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 263A037B401 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:59:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from franky.speednet.com.au (franky.speednet.com.au [203.57.65.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40E243F3F for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:58:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from hewey.af.speednet.com.au (hewey.af.speednet.com.au [203.38.96.242])h6LNwrDs070263; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:58:53 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from hewey.af.speednet.com.au (hewey.af.speednet.com.au [172.22.2.1])h6LNwpPd078738; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:58:51 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:58:51 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas X-X-Sender: andyf@hewey.af.speednet.com.au To: Julian Elischer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030722094949.I74931-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD current users Subject: Re: SMP and setrunnable()- scheduler 4bsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:59:00 -0000 > Mr Wolf, Heh, you noticed :) > > Currently (cpu_idle_hlt=1) the load is fluctuating between 2.20 and 3.60 > > every few minutes! (xload looks like a graph of a sinewave) > > > > If I set cpu_idle_hlt back to 0 the load goes back to a steady 3.80 where > > it should be. > > define "should". When all 3 seti's get their "normal" 95% cpu time: 32531 setiathome 139 15 16536K 15520K *Giant 1 60.9H 95.85% 95.85% setiathome 32533 setiathome 139 15 16856K 16032K CPU3 3 61.0H 95.65% 95.65% setiathome 32532 setiathome 139 15 15524K 14912K CPU2 2 60.8H 95.51% 95.51% setiathome 54738 andyf 132 0 3084K 2140K *Giant 0 64:54 83.84% 83.84% ssh 12 root -16 0 0K 12K RUN 2 133.4H 3.81% 3.81% idle: cpu2 13 root -16 0 0K 12K RUN 1 131.7H 3.47% 3.47% idle: cpu1 14 root -16 0 0K 12K CPU0 0 130.8H 3.37% 3.37% idle: cpu0 11 root -16 0 0K 12K RUN 3 135.2H 2.88% 2.88% idle: cpu3 As opposed to "abnormal" when cpu_idle_hlt=1: 32533 setiathome 139 15 15828K 15000K CPU1 2 61.0H 89.40% 89.40% setiathome 32532 setiathome 139 15 16552K 15660K *Giant 2 60.8H 88.18% 88.18% setiathome 54738 andyf 130 0 3084K 2140K select 2 68:54 75.78% 75.78% ssh 13 root -16 0 0K 12K RUN 1 131.7H 29.05% 29.05% idle: cpu1 12 root -16 0 0K 12K CPU2 2 133.4H 28.08% 28.08% idle: cpu2 11 root -16 0 0K 12K CPU3 3 135.2H 27.83% 27.83% idle: cpu3 14 root -16 0 0K 12K RUN 0 130.8H 26.37% 26.37% idle: cpu0 32531 setiathome 131 15 15640K 14976K *Giant 2 61.0H 20.51% 20.51% setiathome -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/