Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 14:32:12 +0300 From: Stefan Parvu <sparvu@systemdatarecorder.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: run-queue length question Message-ID: <20140706143212.3d22d0adfa5dece52de203a3@systemdatarecorder.org>
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Hi, Im trying to understand what FreeBSD kernel counts for run-queue length. Traditional we count as queue length: number of processes which are running plus the number that are runnable (waiting to execute) - we *dont* count processes waiting for storage, network etc. Linux kernel has added into run-queue length the iowait processes which makes load average values big and disproportionate to the reality for example during disk io tests. How does FreeBSD handle this part ? Is the queue length simple the number of running processes + waiting to run or not as we used to have in UNIX world ? Thanks, -- Stefan Parvu <sparvu@systemdatarecorder.org>
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