[ale] Load?

[Michael B. Trausch]

David Corbin wrote:
> top - 20:43:03 up 18 days,  7:57,  2 users,  load average: 4.00, 4.00, 4.00
> Tasks:  65 total,   1 running,  64 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
> Cpu(s):   0.7% user,   0.0% system,   0.0% nice,  99.3% idle
> 
> Here are the top few lines from a top.  The system is substantially idle, yet 
> the load reads a consistent '4'.  
> 
> How do I track the source of this behavior down?
> 

That's interesting...  Is there a unique situation on your box that is
likely to trigger a bug in the kernel, which reports system load?  A
system load of 4.00 would be consistant with 4 processes trying to get
100% of the CPU time, and consequently, is typically enough to keep a 4
CPU system pretty busy.

What kernel version are you running?

	- Mike

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