Re: [RFC][PATCH] IO wait accounting

[Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>]

On Mon, 13 May 2002, Zlatko Calusic wrote:

> Anyway, here is how Aix defines it:
>
>  Average percentage of CPU time that the CPUs were idle during which
>  the system had an outstanding disk I/O request. This value may be
>  inflated if the actual number of I/O requesting threads is less than
>  the number of idling processors.

Ohhh, I ran into this implementation detail, too ;)

I hope that means I'm doing something right.

cheers,

Rik
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