Bug#292858: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 Load average is vastly wrong
On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 04:38:05PM +0000, Greg Kochanski wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
> Version: 2.6.8-12
> Severity: important
>
>
> Load average is reported very high, but it ain't so.
>
> $ cat /proc/loadavg
> 52.80 51.80 50.81 4/202 8431
> $
>
> The system is currently unloaded and quite responsive.
> The real load average is clearly less than 2,
> and from looking at top, the load average is probably
> about 0.1 .
In Bug#29285 you report that you have processes hung while
accessing the filesystem. I would strongly suspect that is related to
this load.
> This is breaking my mail; exim4 is configured on my
> system to refrain from delivering or accepting mail
> when the load average is too high.
I suspect that this load average is a symtom of some breakage,
not a cause.
--
Horms
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