* uptime is too high. Is it normal?
@ 2006-03-21 12:39 ` colin
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From: colin @ 2006-03-21 12:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mips
Hi all,
We use MIPS Linux+uClibc0.9.28+busybox 1.1.0 on our machine.
After use "uptime" to get the loading of device, it shows:
03:50:05 up 3:50, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00
Is it normal? It seems too high because my PC Linux has a much lower value:
20:38:31 up 12 days, 5:11, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00
Regards,
Colin
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* uptime is too high. Is it normal?
@ 2006-03-21 12:39 ` colin
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From: colin @ 2006-03-21 12:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mips
Hi all,
We use MIPS Linux+uClibc0.9.28+busybox 1.1.0 on our machine.
After use "uptime" to get the loading of device, it shows:
03:50:05 up 3:50, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00
Is it normal? It seems too high because my PC Linux has a much lower value:
20:38:31 up 12 days, 5:11, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00
Regards,
Colin
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* Re: uptime is too high. Is it normal?
2006-03-21 12:39 ` colin
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@ 2006-03-21 12:52 ` Ralf Baechle
2006-03-21 13:14 ` colin
-1 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ralf Baechle @ 2006-03-21 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: colin; +Cc: linux-mips
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:39:08PM +0800, colin wrote:
> Hi all,
> We use MIPS Linux+uClibc0.9.28+busybox 1.1.0 on our machine.
> After use "uptime" to get the loading of device, it shows:
> 03:50:05 up 3:50, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00
> Is it normal? It seems too high because my PC Linux has a much lower value:
> 20:38:31 up 12 days, 5:11, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00
Well, check with ps what is causing the load. Look for processes in
either 'D' or 'R' state.
Ralf
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* Re: uptime is too high. Is it normal?
@ 2006-03-21 13:14 ` colin
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From: colin @ 2006-03-21 13:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Baechle; +Cc: linux-mips
Hi Ralf,
Here is the result:
/usr/local/bin # ps -aux
PID Uid VmSize Stat Command
1 root 412 S init
2 root SWN [ksoftirqd/0]
3 root SW< [events/0]
4 root SW< [khelper]
5 root SW< [kthread]
6 root SW< [kblockd/0]
9 root SW [khubd]
36 root SW [pdflush]
37 root SW [pdflush]
39 root SW< [aio/0]
38 root SW [kswapd0]
645 root SW [645]
646 root DW [646]
647 root DW [647]
648 root SW [648]
649 root SW [mtdblockd]
666 root SW [kjournald]
680 root 380 S /sbin/syslogd -p /tmp/.log -n -m 0
681 root 348 S /sbin/klogd -n
753 root 400 S inetd
793 root 572 S -sh
794 root 416 S init
811 root 416 S init
822 root 416 S init
980 root SW< [rpciod/0]
1015 root 396 R ps -aux
/usr/local/bin # uptime
00:19:29 up 19 min, load average: 2.00, 1.95, 1.41
The uptime value keeps on going higher and higher.
It seems that both 646 & 647 process has the same parent "1".
Their "utime" are "0".
Thanks and regards,
Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralf Baechle" <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: "colin" <colin@realtek.com.tw>
Cc: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: uptime is too high. Is it normal?
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:39:08PM +0800, colin wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > We use MIPS Linux+uClibc0.9.28+busybox 1.1.0 on our machine.
> > After use "uptime" to get the loading of device, it shows:
> > 03:50:05 up 3:50, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00
> > Is it normal? It seems too high because my PC Linux has a much lower
value:
> > 20:38:31 up 12 days, 5:11, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.01,
0.00
>
> Well, check with ps what is causing the load. Look for processes in
> either 'D' or 'R' state.
>
> Ralf
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* Re: uptime is too high. Is it normal?
@ 2006-03-21 13:14 ` colin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: colin @ 2006-03-21 13:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Baechle; +Cc: linux-mips
Hi Ralf,
Here is the result:
/usr/local/bin # ps -aux
PID Uid VmSize Stat Command
1 root 412 S init
2 root SWN [ksoftirqd/0]
3 root SW< [events/0]
4 root SW< [khelper]
5 root SW< [kthread]
6 root SW< [kblockd/0]
9 root SW [khubd]
36 root SW [pdflush]
37 root SW [pdflush]
39 root SW< [aio/0]
38 root SW [kswapd0]
645 root SW [645]
646 root DW [646]
647 root DW [647]
648 root SW [648]
649 root SW [mtdblockd]
666 root SW [kjournald]
680 root 380 S /sbin/syslogd -p /tmp/.log -n -m 0
681 root 348 S /sbin/klogd -n
753 root 400 S inetd
793 root 572 S -sh
794 root 416 S init
811 root 416 S init
822 root 416 S init
980 root SW< [rpciod/0]
1015 root 396 R ps -aux
/usr/local/bin # uptime
00:19:29 up 19 min, load average: 2.00, 1.95, 1.41
The uptime value keeps on going higher and higher.
It seems that both 646 & 647 process has the same parent "1".
Their "utime" are "0".
Thanks and regards,
Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralf Baechle" <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: "colin" <colin@realtek.com.tw>
Cc: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: uptime is too high. Is it normal?
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:39:08PM +0800, colin wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > We use MIPS Linux+uClibc0.9.28+busybox 1.1.0 on our machine.
> > After use "uptime" to get the loading of device, it shows:
> > 03:50:05 up 3:50, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00
> > Is it normal? It seems too high because my PC Linux has a much lower
value:
> > 20:38:31 up 12 days, 5:11, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.01,
0.00
>
> Well, check with ps what is causing the load. Look for processes in
> either 'D' or 'R' state.
>
> Ralf
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* Re: uptime is too high. Is it normal?
2006-03-21 13:14 ` colin
(?)
@ 2006-03-21 13:36 ` Ralf Baechle
-1 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ralf Baechle @ 2006-03-21 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: colin; +Cc: linux-mips
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 09:14:06PM +0800, colin wrote:
> 646 root DW [646]
> 647 root DW [647]
>
> The uptime value keeps on going higher and higher.
> It seems that both 646 & 647 process has the same parent "1".
> Their "utime" are "0".
Yes, these two are the offenders. A process should never be for a long
time in "D" state. You'll have to figure out what these processes are
doing, but they something wrong with these two.
The load average btw is a fairly artificial meassure. On a properly
working system it describes the burn of the workload of the system
reasonably well - but if things go wrong and cause processes to get
stuck in D state (aka uninterruptible sleep) then a system may well
still be perfectly responsive even though the load is very high.
Ralf
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