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From: Simon Arlott <simon@arlott.org>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: round_jiffies and load average
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:19:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45E0577C.9020409@simon.arlott.org.uk> (raw)
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I've modified the driver of an USB device (cxacru) to schedule the next poll for status every 1s using round_jiffies_relative instead of just waiting 1s since the last poll was completed. This process takes on average 11ms to complete and while it is waiting for a response it's considered running.
The load average is calculated every 5 seconds equivalent to round_jiffies, so I have a problem with the load average always tending towards 1.00:
14:26:19 up 6 days, 14:45, 5 users, load average: 1.10, 1.04, 1.02
14:27:19 up 6 days, 14:46, 5 users, load average: 1.03, 1.03, 1.01
14:28:19 up 6 days, 14:47, 5 users, load average: 0.95, 1.01, 1.00
14:29:19 up 6 days, 14:48, 5 users, load average: 0.90, 0.97, 0.99
14:30:19 up 6 days, 14:49, 5 users, load average: 0.93, 0.96, 0.98
14:31:19 up 6 days, 14:50, 5 users, load average: 0.90, 0.94, 0.97
14:32:20 up 6 days, 14:51, 5 users, load average: 0.96, 0.95, 0.97
14:33:20 up 6 days, 14:52, 5 users, load average: 0.98, 0.95, 0.97
14:34:20 up 6 days, 14:53, 5 users, load average: 1.09, 0.99, 0.98
14:35:20 up 6 days, 14:54, 5 users, load average: 1.03, 0.99, 0.98
14:36:20 up 6 days, 14:55, 5 users, load average: 1.01, 0.99, 0.98
14:37:20 up 6 days, 14:56, 5 users, load average: 1.00, 0.99, 0.98
14:38:21 up 6 days, 14:57, 5 users, load average: 1.22, 1.05, 1.00
14:39:21 up 6 days, 14:58, 5 users, load average: 1.08, 1.04, 1.00
14:40:21 up 6 days, 14:59, 5 users, load average: 1.03, 1.03, 1.00
14:41:21 up 6 days, 15:00, 5 users, load average: 0.95, 1.01, 0.99
14:42:21 up 6 days, 15:01, 5 users, load average: 0.90, 0.97, 0.98
14:43:21 up 6 days, 15:02, 5 users, load average: 0.99, 0.99, 0.99
14:44:22 up 6 days, 15:03, 5 users, load average: 0.86, 0.94, 0.97
14:45:22 up 6 days, 15:04, 5 users, load average: 0.97, 0.95, 0.97
14:46:22 up 6 days, 15:05, 5 users, load average: 1.08, 0.99, 0.98
14:47:22 up 6 days, 15:06, 5 users, load average: 1.03, 0.99, 0.98
14:48:22 up 6 days, 15:07, 5 users, load average: 1.32, 1.07, 1.01
Perhaps the load average count could be run just before or in the middle of a second instead?
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Simon Arlott
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next reply other threads:[~2007-02-24 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-24 15:19 Simon Arlott [this message]
2007-03-01 9:11 ` Simon Arlott
2007-03-01 18:52 ` [PATCH] timer: Add an initial 0.5s delay to calc_load Simon Arlott
2007-03-01 22:52 ` [PATCH (updated)] timer: Run calc_load halfway through each round_jiffies second Simon Arlott
2002-01-01 3:05 ` Pavel Machek
2007-03-05 22:35 ` Simon Arlott
2007-03-06 18:42 ` [PATCH (update 4)] " Simon Arlott
2007-03-06 22:20 ` [PATCH (updated)] " Chuck Ebbert
2007-03-01 23:10 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-02 10:15 ` [PATCH (update 2)] " Simon Arlott
2007-03-02 15:15 ` [PATCH (update 3)] " Simon Arlott
2007-03-02 16:35 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-03-02 17:32 ` Simon Arlott
2007-03-02 18:03 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-03-02 20:14 ` Simon Arlott
2007-03-02 22:32 ` Eric Dumazet
2007-03-02 23:54 ` Simon Arlott
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