Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:36:19 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: more CPU being used than I have (?) Message-ID: <20110125183619.GA65845@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=wX%2BEVyjnH=8m0-%2B3qzi4KF1YeZZngUe_EQ2sw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110124235740.GA62134@guilt.hydra> <1295917366.59721.2.camel@main> <20110125030725.GA62670@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTi=wX%2BEVyjnH=8m0-%2B3qzi4KF1YeZZngUe_EQ2sw@mail.gmail.com>
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--zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 06:20:02AM -0700, Dmitri Brengauz wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > > > > Do you have a reference to a relatively simple explanation of how that > > weighting works (and why)? >=20 > man 1 ps: >=20 > %cpu The CPU utilization of the process; this is a decaying average > over up to a minute of previous (real) time. Since the time > base over which this is computed varies (since processes may be > very young) it is possible for the sum of all %cpu fields to > exceed 100%. Unfortunately, that doesn't explain why. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk0/GCMACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVrXQCghfLZNdXR8GAqgeNLfFEVQ1Yo DUEAn1iTACPP4nze3PLEGBQ6+fQZytc0 =T7Ih -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx--
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