Re: load avg += 1
Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 18:01:12 -0400
Myles Uyema wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> > Koblinger Egmont wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > After about 45 days of running my 2.2.12 kernel, reporting the load
> > > average went crazy, it always shows the value increased by 1. Though my
> > > CPU is idle at 90--100%, the load is always around 1.00 -- 1.10 and
> > > doesn't drop below 1. (PII, single processor, 233MHz).
> >
> > I see this on 2.3.20 as well, on my AMD K6-II w/ a minimal .config.
>
> Check your process list for any zombie, defunct processes.
Nope, and nope. All processes are nice and sleepy. :)
This is a totally idle machine, immediately after boot-up.
Jeff
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