Package: base Severity: important After a system running squeeze has been under constant load, the load averages in /proc/loadavg seem to be calculated incorrectly with /proc/loadavg showing values that are much too low. Below is vmstat output along with the contents of /proc/loadavg. The fourth field of /proc/loadavg seems correct, but the 1-minute avg is definitely wrong:
vmstat: procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 11 0 0 12569200 22832 7468824 0 0 9 135 22 96 39 3 58 0 loadavg: 0.34 4.98 6.47 10/468 13072 vmstat: procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 15 0 0 12566340 22832 7469612 0 0 9 135 23 96 39 3 58 0 loadavg: 0.34 4.98 6.47 16/468 13075 Although this is just two samples, the behavior is consistent over a long period of time. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org