Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
Erik Mouw <[email protected]> wrote:
... except that any kernel < 2.6 didn't account tasks waiting for disk
IO. Load average has always been somewhat related to tasks contending
for CPU power.
Actually all Linux kernels accounted for diskwaits and others like BSD based
not. It is a very old linux oddness.
Personally, I see both types of load estimates (i.e. CPU only and CPU
plus IO wait) as useful. Why can't we have both? The cost would be
minimal.
Peter
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