Re: High load average on disk I/O on 2.6.17-rc3

[Bill Davidsen]

Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> Erik Mouw <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.

Well, sort of. The current numbers are counting kernel threads against 
load average, and before there were kernel threads that clearly didn't 
happen. So what you say is true, but it's only a part of the truth.

--
   -bill davidsen (davidsen@xxxxxxx)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
 last possible moment - but no longer"  -me

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/