Exactly, I would like to know how is runq computed from load average. Are there any system calls to get this value.
Cheers, Kris On 16 August 2013 14:46, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:20:29 +0100, emani murali said: > > > I'm trying to obtain number of runnable processes from linux kernel. > > Why are you trying to get that number, and how important is accuracy? > (Remember that the value of that number can change literally several > tens of thousands of times per second). > > > The wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_(computing) provides > some > > insight into how run queue length is computed based on ldavg values but > it > > is unclear. Can someone provide more pointers on this. Cheers > > Actually, you have that backwards. Load average is computed based on run > queue > length. > -- Thanks, Murali Krishna Emani
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