linux-kernel - Re: /proc/loadavg: total number of processes is wrong?

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Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:43:56 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: /proc/loadavg: total number of processes is wrong?

On 03/12/2008 11:28 PM, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> # cat /proc/loadavg ; ps ax | wc -l
> 0.00 0.00 0.00 1/192 3683
> 121
> 
> /proc/loadavg says 192 processes, but ps only sees 121.

I guess you need to ps max, but it won't match exactly anyway.

regards,
-- 
Jiri Slaby
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
Suse Labs
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