Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 242-ac3 loop bug | From | Doug McNaught <> | Date | 24 Feb 2001 12:59:44 -0500 |
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Mark Swanson <swansma@yahoo.com> writes:
> > ps -aux | grep loop > 1674 tty1 DW< 0:00 [loop0] > > The system is doing nothing to the loop filesystem. > Strange that the process isn't logging any cpu usage time. It's > definately responsible for the 1.00 load.
It's just an artifact of the fact that processes in state D (uninterruptible sleep) are included in the load average calculation. Since the loop thread apparently sits in state D waiting for events on its device, you get a load average of 1 for each mounted loop device.
I know nothing about the implementation of the loop thread so won't presume to say whether/how it can be "fixed".
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