Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:03:49 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange nice value in top. Message-ID: <20070515090349.GA69820@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <a31046fc0705141214q5007be87j800e9311ab687e56@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070514005922.GA22147@zone3000.net> <a31046fc0705141214q5007be87j800e9311ab687e56@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 11:14:45PM +0400, pluknet wrote: > On 14/05/07, Nikolay Pavlov <quetzal@zone3000.net> wrote: > >I've been watching this for about several months: > > PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU COMMAND > > 1119 root 1 -8 r-52 7280K 7304K biord 0:02 0.98% cdrecord > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > 1035 quetzal 1 60 r16F 11500K 7604K select 0:01 0.00% artsd > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > You are not alone. I observe it for months on CURRENT too. From the top: > 768 root 1 8 r-36 3504K 536K nanslp 0:10 0.00% watchdogd The "r" means that it is a realtime process. The "F" is to do with FIFO scheduling. The format_nice function in /usr/src/usr.bin/top/machine.c shows all the things that this feild can contain. They should probably be documented in the man page. David.
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