> I would like to know how the
> "load average" for a particular machine is calculated. I think this is proably done in the kernel
> but I'm not sure.
>
The load average is the average number of runnable processes in periods
of 5 sec., 5 min and 15 min. The calculating code is in kernel/sched.c and
include/linux/sched.h. The real calculation is done with a macro. If you
are interested in changing the calculating parameters, you might want to
take a look at include/linux/sched.h
Regards,
Antonio Trindade.
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