From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 17:02:12 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 200F337B401 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:02:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923C643F93 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:02:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from interjet.elischer.org ([12.233.125.100]) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2003072200020001500bk3ege>; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 00:02:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.elischer.org [127.0.0.1]) by InterJet.elischer.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA43868; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:01:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:01:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Andy Farkas In-Reply-To: <20030722094949.I74931-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> Message-ID: 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: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 00:02:12 -0000 On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Andy Farkas wrote: > > 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: the change MAY do what you want but it 'may not' you'll need to try it to see.. :-/ > > 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/ > > > >