On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 05:13 -0700, Robinson, Eric wrote:
> These facts are not so much debatable as just misunderstood.
I meant that "load average" as a generic metric for how much your system
is doing becomes questionable if you understand how it is calculated.
> Unfortunately, it does not even begin to explain how the kernel could
> *incorrectly* report system load, causing sar and top to give grossly
> misleading output,
It is more a matter of misinterpretation than a fault in the kernel.
J.
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