Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Dec 1998 15:35:58 +0100 (CET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: how load average is calculated |
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On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, John Haggerty wrote:
> I would like to know how the "load average" for a particular machine > is calculated. I think this is proably done in the kernel but I'm > not sure.
You can find the info you need in kernel/sched.c and include/linux/sched.h. Search for 'avenrun' and 'load'.
All involved functions take about 20 lines and are well commented so you should be able to figure out the rest yourself...
succes,
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