Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 06:47:02 -0400 From: Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: load > 1, no process using >10% CPU...? Message-ID: <20050420104701.GA1444@afflictions.org> In-Reply-To: <20050420021044.GA29613@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20050420011930.GF770@afflictions.org> <20050420020524.GG770@afflictions.org> <20050420021044.GA29613@dan.emsphone.com>
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Thus spake Dan Nelson (dnelson@allantgroup.com) [19/04/05 22:13]: : > It turned out to be a runaway xmms process. But I still find it : > strange that it didn't show anything obvious in top. : : If xmms is threaded, you probably got bit by the "libpthread doesn't do : process CPU accounting" bug. Most threaded processes will just show up : as 0 %CPU in top, no matter what they're doing. The rusage stats are : handled correctly, though, so look for processes whose TIME value is : increasing at one (or more if you're SMP) seconds per second. That would be it, thanks.
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