On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 09:55:13PM +0530, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote: > The idle time reported in /proc/uptime (2nd field) seems to be the idle > time of only CPU0. Shouldn't it reflect the total idle time on a SMP system? > Do folks agree that it is a bug that needs to be fixed? If so, will send > a patch ...
On further reflection, it doesn't sound buggy. Reporting idle time across all cpus in /proc/uptime will cause idle time > uptime, which will be odd. I guess if anyone wants strict idle time from all cpus, they can always look at /proc/stat. > Fyi, I see patches submitted to fix this way back in 2001 > [http://lkml.org/lkml/2001/3/17/55], but don't think they made in .. -- Regards, vatsa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/