Re: uptime >= 5.0

Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net)
Wed, 01 Oct 1997 08:35:14 -0400


Marc Duponcheel wrote:
>
> marc@sparc-brew ~ $ [bash] rup
> localhost up 2 days, 14:35, load average: 0.06 0.16 0.10
> cross-brew.o up 2 days, 14:39, load average: 5.00 5.00 5.00
> sparc-brew.o up 2 days, 14:35, load average: 0.06 0.16 0.10
> linux-pc.off up 2 days, 14:40, load average: 0.08 0.02 0.01
> linux-amiga. up 16:27, load average: 5.00 5.00 5.00
> ipc-brew.off up 2 days, 14:15, load average: 0.38 0.16 0.11
>
> cross-brew and linux-amiga run 2.1.5x x>=6 and show uptimes >= 5.0
>
> Is this a 'feature' ?

Several people have reported that lockd processes seem to increment the
load average by 1, and that sometimes many lockd processes are created.

I've posted a preliminary patch for lockd to prevent multiple processes
from being created, if that's the cause for the problem you noted.

Regards,
Bill