Hi ML members, I have a question about how the numbers compute which I get from /proc/loadavg. I'm running a bunch of HTTP servers, most of them running a RHEL 6, which is a kernel version 2.6. All patches applied, so that Meltdown and Spectre stuff should be included. Some of the servers where migrated to a Debian 9 with a kernel version 4.9, also all patches applied. What I see is a tremendous difference in /proc/loadavg. It is like 3 ~ 4 in kernel 2.6 and like 15 ~ 20 in 4.9. It is not a real problem, that Debian is running well. But does someone has a clue, what makes that difference?
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