linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] Documentation: proc.rst: add more about the 6 fields in loadavg

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Message-ID: <87k0qzlt3u.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:56:05 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] Documentation: proc.rst: add more about the 6
 fields in loadavg

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> writes:

> Address Jon's feedback on the previous patch by adding info about
> field separators in the /proc/loadavg file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> --- linux-next-20210219.orig/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> +++ linux-next-20210219/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> @@ -691,6 +691,10 @@ files are there, and which are missing.
>                  number of processes currently runnable (running or on ready queue);
>                  total number of processes in system;
>                  last pid created.
> +                All fields are separated by one space except "number of
> +                processes currently runnable" and "total number of processes
> +                in system", which are separated by a slash ('/'). Example:
> +                  0.61 0.61 0.55 3/828 22084
>   locks        Kernel locks

Applied, thanks.

jon