Low load average with plenty of cpu-intersive processes
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Hit count: 522
I see loadavg at about 1 with at least 3 processes running at full tile. How can that be?
top - 11:48:32 up 147 days, 5:38, 8 users, load average: 1.08, 1.11, 1.05
Tasks: 416 total, 4 running, 410 sleeping, 2 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu0 : 43.3%us, 13.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 43.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu1 : 48.8%us, 12.4%sy, 0.0%ni, 38.8%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu2 : 0.7%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 98.3%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st
Cpu3 : 99.3%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu4 : 0.0%us, 0.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu5 : 5.7%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 93.6%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu6 : 2.3%us, 0.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 97.4%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu7 : 0.3%us, 0.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st
Cpu8 : 38.4%us, 17.4%sy, 0.0%ni, 44.2%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu9 : 43.4%us, 13.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 43.1%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu10 : 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu11 : 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu12 : 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu13 : 0.3%us, 0.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.3%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu14 : 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Cpu15 : 1.0%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 98.3%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 132145404k total, 88125080k used, 44020324k free, 516476k buffers
Swap: 8388600k total, 620232k used, 7768368k free, 55729064k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
25424 jonathan 20 0 4404m 4.1g 3268 R 99.7 3.3 212:58.17 python2.7
20939 sam 20 0 908m 733m 3376 R 81.2 0.6 603:08.07 python2.7
20987 sam 20 0 908m 732m 3376 R 79.8 0.6 598:49.18 python2.7
25428 jonathan 20 0 774m 164m 15m S 14.2 0.1 24:22.60 java
20996 sam 20 0 98.4m 7780 1880 S 4.3 0.0 17:48.15 vw
20941 sam 20 0 161m 70m 1880 S 3.0 0.1 18:10.03 vw
20940 sam 20 0 98.4m 8068 1880 S 2.6 0.0 18:06.28 vw
20942 sam 20 0 98.4m 8080 1880 S 2.6 0.0 17:39.45 vw
20944 sam 20 0 161m 71m 1880 S 2.6 0.1 17:29.29 vw
20947 sam 20 0 161m 71m 1880 S 2.6 0.1 17:25.58 vw
20959 sam 20 0 161m 70m 1880 S 2.6 0.1 17:28.00 vw
20962 sam 20 0 161m 70m 1880 S 2.6 0.1 17:26.96 vw
20963 sam 20 0 98.4m 8076 1880 S 2.6 0.0 18:07.19 vw
20965 sam 20 0 161m 71m 1880 S 2.6 0.1 18:08.13 vw
20995 sam 20 0 161m 71m 1880 S 2.6 0.1 17:38.67 vw
6399 root 20 0 558m 19m 5028 S 2.3 0.0 4329:56 BESClient
20945 sam 20 0 98.4m 8068 1880 S 2.3 0.0 17:35.38 vw
20948 sam 20 0 98.4m 8068 1880 S 2.3 0.0 17:26.01 vw
20950 sam 20 0 161m 70m 1880 S 2.3 0.1 17:25.79 vw
20952 sam 20 0 98.4m 8076 1880 S 2.3 0.0 17:32.94 vw
20955 sam 20 0 161m 70m 1880 S 2.3 0.1 17:26.61 vw
20956 sam 20 0 98.4m 8072 1880 S 2.3 0.0 17:34.76 vw
20960 sam 20 0 98.4m 8072 1880 S 2.3 0.0 17:34.04 vw
Adding up CPU loads gives about 300%. The top process list also adds up to about 300%.
Why is load average about 1?
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