readprofile ; Meaning of "Length of procedure"

Shesha@asu.edu
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:17:44 -0700 (MST)

Hello Linux ppl,

I have copuple of questions, I request you to share the information if you
know ....
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 In the readprofile man page load=(# of clk ticks) / (length of the procedure)
 
 What does "length of procedure" means. Does that mean the # of ASM lines of
 the procedure code? What is the units of the load. It cannot be %. because 
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 152495 default_idle                             3176.9792 
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 the above line indicates,  more than 100% of times CPU is idle. This cannot
happen.
 

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 What value of the procedure load is considered to be a potential CPU
intensive procedure/ high load procedure.


Say for example, if the load value is 20, then is that procedure considered to
be a high load procedure. 


Thanking You
Shesha
 




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