cpu-load: standardize document format
Each text file under Documentation follows a different format. Some doesn't even have titles! Change its representation to follow the adopted standard, using ReST markups for it to be parseable by Sphinx: - mark literals; - Adjust document title; - Use a list for references. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>zero-colors
Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Jonathan Corbet
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CPU load
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========
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Linux exports various bits of information via `/proc/stat' and
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`/proc/uptime' that userland tools, such as top(1), use to calculate
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the average time system spent in a particular state, for example:
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Linux exports various bits of information via ``/proc/stat`` and
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``/proc/uptime`` that userland tools, such as top(1), use to calculate
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the average time system spent in a particular state, for example::
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$ iostat
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Linux 2.6.18.3-exp (linmac) 02/20/2007
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system spent 10.01% of the time doing work in user space, 2.92% in the
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kernel, and was overall 81.63% of the time idle.
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In most cases the `/proc/stat' information reflects the reality quite
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In most cases the ``/proc/stat`` information reflects the reality quite
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closely, however due to the nature of how/when the kernel collects
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this data sometimes it can not be trusted at all.
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If we imagine the system with one task that periodically burns cycles
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in the following manner:
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in the following manner::
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time line between two timer interrupts
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|--------------------------------------|
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^ ^
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|_ something begins working |
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|_ something goes to sleep
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(only to be awaken quite soon)
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time line between two timer interrupts
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|--------------------------------------|
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^ ^
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|_ something begins working |
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|_ something goes to sleep
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(only to be awaken quite soon)
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In the above situation the system will be 0% loaded according to the
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`/proc/stat' (since the timer interrupt will always happen when the
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``/proc/stat`` (since the timer interrupt will always happen when the
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system is executing the idle handler), but in reality the load is
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closer to 99%.
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One can imagine many more situations where this behavior of the kernel
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will lead to quite erratic information inside `/proc/stat'.
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will lead to quite erratic information inside ``/proc/stat``::
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/* gcc -o hog smallhog.c */
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#include <time.h>
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#include <limits.h>
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#include <signal.h>
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#include <sys/time.h>
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#define HIST 10
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/* gcc -o hog smallhog.c */
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#include <time.h>
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#include <limits.h>
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#include <signal.h>
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#include <sys/time.h>
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#define HIST 10
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static volatile sig_atomic_t stop;
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static volatile sig_atomic_t stop;
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static void sighandler (int signr)
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{
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(void) signr;
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stop = 1;
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}
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static unsigned long hog (unsigned long niters)
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{
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stop = 0;
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while (!stop && --niters);
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return niters;
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}
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int main (void)
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{
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int i;
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struct itimerval it = { .it_interval = { .tv_sec = 0, .tv_usec = 1 },
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.it_value = { .tv_sec = 0, .tv_usec = 1 } };
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sigset_t set;
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unsigned long v[HIST];
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double tmp = 0.0;
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unsigned long n;
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signal (SIGALRM, &sighandler);
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setitimer (ITIMER_REAL, &it, NULL);
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static void sighandler (int signr)
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{
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(void) signr;
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stop = 1;
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}
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static unsigned long hog (unsigned long niters)
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{
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stop = 0;
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while (!stop && --niters);
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return niters;
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}
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int main (void)
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{
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int i;
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struct itimerval it = { .it_interval = { .tv_sec = 0, .tv_usec = 1 },
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.it_value = { .tv_sec = 0, .tv_usec = 1 } };
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sigset_t set;
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unsigned long v[HIST];
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double tmp = 0.0;
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unsigned long n;
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signal (SIGALRM, &sighandler);
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setitimer (ITIMER_REAL, &it, NULL);
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hog (ULONG_MAX);
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for (i = 0; i < HIST; ++i) v[i] = ULONG_MAX - hog (ULONG_MAX);
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for (i = 0; i < HIST; ++i) tmp += v[i];
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tmp /= HIST;
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n = tmp - (tmp / 3.0);
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hog (ULONG_MAX);
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for (i = 0; i < HIST; ++i) v[i] = ULONG_MAX - hog (ULONG_MAX);
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for (i = 0; i < HIST; ++i) tmp += v[i];
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tmp /= HIST;
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n = tmp - (tmp / 3.0);
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sigemptyset (&set);
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sigaddset (&set, SIGALRM);
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sigemptyset (&set);
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sigaddset (&set, SIGALRM);
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for (;;) {
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hog (n);
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sigwait (&set, &i);
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}
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return 0;
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}
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for (;;) {
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hog (n);
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sigwait (&set, &i);
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}
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return 0;
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}
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References
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----------
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http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/12/6
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Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt (1.8)
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- http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/12/6
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- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt (1.8)
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Thanks
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