Re: 2.0.4-2 causes load to climb

LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:48:12 +0100 (BST)

>From ats@shep1.wustl.edu Sat Jul 20 06:17 BST 1996
>
> >>>>> "DA" == Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> >> I had to unload afs from my machine today when I found the load
> >> average around 15.
>
> DA> Hmm.. I actually have heard of *one* other case of this, but it
> DA> was a load of "1", not "15". The only thing I can think of is
> DA> that either: a) Linux changed the way it computes load, or b) the
> DA> Linux scheduler changed the way it behaves.
>
> There was some discussion since late 1.3.x kernels after a change in
> the way load average was calculated....
> In any case, I saw this problem in 2.0.0, so it wasn't fixed by then.
> It does not appear to happen in 2.0.7....
> If anyone sees spurious
> load averages and your system doesn't appear to warrant it (ie, you
> are at low CPU and aren't swapping), it is probably this bug. Upgrade
> to 2.0.7 (since I haven't seen the problem yet) and see how it goes.

I'm seeing the reverse:

13:46:59> uname -a
Linux linux 2.0.7 #1 Tue Jul 16 14:00:47 BST 1996 i486
13:47:03> cat /proc/loadavg
0.00 0.00 0.00 2/55 204

Since I have X and over 50 processes running, this seems unlikely.

-- Owen
LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk