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Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:04:52 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Luis Garces-Erice <lge@...e.org> Subject: [PATCH 6/8] docs: explain procs_running better From: Luis Garces-Erice <lge@...e.org> Subject: Doc: better explanation of procs_running the description in Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt of the procs_running entry in /proc/stat is confusing (according to that description, it looks as if procs_running could only be a number between 0 and the number of CPUs). Changed it to a more accurate description in the patch attached. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- lnx-2632-rc6.orig/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ lnx-2632-rc6/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1088,8 +1088,8 @@ The "processes" line gives the number o includes (but is not limited to) those created by calls to the fork() and clone() system calls. -The "procs_running" line gives the number of processes currently running on -CPUs. +The "procs_running" line gives the total number of threads that are +running or ready to run (i.e., the total number of runnable threads). The "procs_blocked" line gives the number of processes currently blocked, waiting for I/O to complete. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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