On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Ashley Chaloner wrote: > (Also, a particular annoyance is that processes in uninterruptible > sleep are counted in the load average so there is a high load average > without any load on the processor.)
loadaverage counts active processes, and if it's actively waiting on a device it's average. It's not just CPU-activity. Processes waiting for their turn at the CPU are counted too, and that's why one of my systems went past 114 a few months ago. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
