On 2015-11-14 00:45, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>> This patch changes the default setting to 1.5 *
>> (number_of_cpus_in_system) instead, which I find better matches modern
>> behaviour.
>
> A larger number is sensible in this position.
>
> I would propose 8. I don't agree with a calculation like that; the
> amount of work a system can do should not be calculated like that.
Fair enough! I agree that 8 will probably fit most cases. It makes for a
simpler patch, too. :-)
(I retained the decimal point in 8.0 in the man page, as an indicator
that it is not an integer value.)
Regards,
/Benny
Index: config.h
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/cron/config.h,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -p -u -r1.23 config.h
--- config.h 23 Oct 2015 18:42:55 -0000 1.23
+++ config.h 14 Nov 2015 00:32:21 -0000
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
#define MAILARG _PATH_SENDMAIL /*-*/
/* maximum load at which batch jobs will still run */
-#define BATCH_MAXLOAD 1.5 /*-*/
+#define BATCH_MAXLOAD 8.0 /*-*/
/* Define this to run crontab setgid instead of
* setuid root. Group access will be used to read
Index: cron.8
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/cron/cron.8,v
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -u -p -u -r1.34 cron.8
--- cron.8 12 Nov 2015 21:14:01 -0000 1.34
+++ cron.8 14 Nov 2015 00:32:21 -0000
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ If the current load average is greater t
.Ar load_avg ,
.Xr batch 1
jobs will not be run.
-The default value is 1.5.
+The default value is 8.0.
To allow
.Xr batch 1
jobs to run regardless of the load, a value of 0.0 may be used.
