Date: 06 Mar 2002 15:38:46 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/35612: ps(1) page "state" description doesn't mention "spread". Message-ID: <h5y9h5e06x.9h5@localhost.localdomain>
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>Number: 35612 >Category: docs >Synopsis: ps(1) page "state" description doesn't mention "spread". >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 06 15:40:02 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: n/a ================ >Description: The ps(1) man page "state" description implies that only single-character indicators are used and doesn't describe the several words that may appear there, like: spread, select, accept, sbwait (observed in a "ps" output posted to a mailing list). The "top" man page probably has a similar problem. ================ >How-To-Repeat: n/a ================ >Fix: Because this is really a "kernel" thing that could effect other programs like "top", it probably should be discussed in the Handbook and referred to from the man page(s). Here is a bit of a mailing list: > What does a "spread" state mean? This server is a multiprocessor box > if it helps. Actually, it's obvious from the top that you've got an smp machine. You don't get CPU1 and a C column on up machines. > man on top, cp, and ps make no mention of it. That's because what's being shown is a reason the developer gave for putting the process in a sleep state. In fact, that's what all the lower case ones are. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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