From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Tue Oct 3 20:21:54 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDF29E2368D for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2017 20:21:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwlucas@mail.michaelwlucas.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C76B72E18 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2017 20:21:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwlucas@mail.michaelwlucas.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id C6BF1E23687; Tue, 3 Oct 2017 20:21:54 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C65CDE23686 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2017 20:21:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwlucas@mail.michaelwlucas.com) Received: from mail.michaelwlucas.com (mail.michaelwlucas.com [104.236.197.233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F9852E17 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2017 20:21:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwlucas@mail.michaelwlucas.com) Received: from mail.michaelwlucas.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.michaelwlucas.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v93KLo0q042551 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2017 16:21:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@mail.michaelwlucas.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by mail.michaelwlucas.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v93KLoA4042550 for hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 3 Oct 2017 16:21:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 16:21:50 -0400 From: "Michael W. Lucas" To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: vmstat's w column Message-ID: <20171003202150.GA42540@mail.michaelwlucas.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mail.michaelwlucas.com X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (mail.michaelwlucas.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:21:51 -0400 (EDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:21:55 -0000 Hi, (This query brought to you courtesy of tech reviews on my new freeBSD book.) On my -current box, vmstat(8) says: procs Information about the numbers of processes in various states. r in run queue b blocked for resources (i/o, paging, etc.) w runnable or short sleeper (< 20 secs) but swapped I've had a couple people report to me that they have w entries even when only a few kilobytes are swapped out. Is the man page wrong? Or should I tell them to report that output as a bug? Thanks, ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas https://mwl.io/ nonfiction: https://www.michaelwlucas.com/ fiction: https://www.michaelwarrenlucas.com/