Exactly, I would like to know how is runq computed from load average. Are there any system calls to get this value.
Cheers,
Kris
On 16 August 2013 14:46, <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:20:29 +0100, emani murali said:Why are you trying to get that number, and how important is accuracy?
> I'm trying to obtain number of runnable processes from linux kernel.
(Remember that the value of that number can change literally several
tens of thousands of times per second).
Actually, you have that backwards. Load average is computed based on run queue
> The wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_(computing) provides some
> insight into how run queue length is computed based on ldavg values but it
> is unclear. Can someone provide more pointers on this. Cheers
length.
Thanks,
Murali Krishna Emani
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