Re: Latest kernel source

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
10 Mar 1997 14:42:02 GMT

Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970226193227.591A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
By author: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@analogic.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> o Cosmetic problem with 'top' and SMP. The following program shows
> 199.9% CPU usage. This is not a complaint! I like it :^)!
>
> main{ for(;;) ; }
>

That's correct behaviour: it means 1 second of wall time corresponds
to 2 CPU seconds. What *isn't* correct behaviour is for it to show
100% idle when nothing is happening; it really should be 200%.

-hpa

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