Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-41,: Re: load avg += 1

# Re: load avg += 1

Ookhoi (ookhoi@dds.nl)
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:44:19 +0200

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Hi Steve,

> > I had something similar. Every x hour a script tried to access a mounted
> > dir from a server that had crashed. For some reason, the scripts didn't
> > die, and the load went up with 1 every x hour. Just the load; the system
> > was fine.
>
> What filesystem?

NFS? The script runs (from cron) on a Linux 2.2.7SMP. The dir used by
this script is mounted from a Solaris 5.7 machine (which crashed etc).
I just killed the scripts that stayed alive, and the load went back to
normal.

I would be happy to provide more info if useful.

Ookhoi

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