Re: High load average on disk I/O on 2.6.17-rc3

[Peter Williams]

Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> Erik Mouw <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > ... except that any kernel < 2.6 didn't account tasks waiting for disk
> > IO. Load average has always been somewhat related to tasks contending
> > for CPU power.
>
> Actually all Linux kernels accounted for diskwaits and others like BSD based
> not. It is a very old linux oddness.

Personally, I see both types of load estimates (i.e. CPU only and CPU 
plus IO wait) as useful.  Why can't we have both?  The cost would be 
minimal.

Peter
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Peter Williams                                   pwil3058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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