Re: Load average calculation?

[Richard Wackerbarth]

On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, Donn Miller wrote:

> I think we ought to re-examine the definition of load average.  By
> load, we mean an actual load on the cpu, and waiting processes aren't
> really exerting a cpu load.  So, by that reasoning I say waiting
> processes don't count.

I think you have an incorrect (incomplete) definition.

Traditionally, the load was the number of processes WANTING to run.
Tasks which are waiting for "user" I/O are excluded.
However, tasks waiting to be swapped in should be counted.


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