From: Denis V. <vd...@po...> - 2002-12-19 10:43:28
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On 19 December 2002 08:27, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > On 19 December 2002 00:05, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > >> Well, a better solution would be a userspace free of /proc/ > >> dependency. > >> Or actually fixing the kernel. proc_pid_readdir() wants an > >> efficiently indexable linear list, e.g. TAOCP's 6.2.3 "Linear List > >> Representation". At that point its expense is proportional to the > >> buffer size and "seeking" about the list as it is wont to do is > >> O(lg(processes)). > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 01:05:03PM -0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > A short-time solution: run top d 30 to make it refresh only every > > 30 seconds. This will greatly reduce top's own load skew. > > As userspace solutions go your suggestions is just as good. The > kernel still needs to get its act together and with some urgency. That was just a suggestion as to how to get realistic picture of system load for Till Immanuel Patzschke <ti...@in...>. -- vda |