Subject: problem with ps
To: None <netbsd-bugs@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Drew Hess <dhess@CS.Stanford.EDU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/16/1994 07:51:02
ps -aux give bogus CPU usage numbers:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND
dhess 205 0.0 1.0 272 232 p2 R+ 7:47AM 0:00.07 ps -aux
root 94 0.0 1.5 108 356 ?? Is 7:22AM 0:00.12 inetd
root 89 0.0 1.1 64 264 ?? Is 7:22AM 0:00.03 lpd
dhess 133 0.0 2.9 460 696 p1 Is+ 7:22AM 0:00.95 -csh (tcsh)
dhess 132 0.0 2.8 452 672 p0 Is+ 7:22AM 0:00.21 -csh (tcsh)
dhess 131 0.0 2.5 240 612 vg S 7:22AM 0:00.31 /usr/local/X11/
dhess 130 0.0 2.8 180 688 vg S 7:22AM 0:00.65 fvwm
root 129 0.0 5.0 384 1232 vg S 7:22AM 0:04.25 xterm -fn fixed
root 123 0.0 4.5 296 1108 vg S 7:22AM 0:00.39 xterm -C -name
root 85 0.0 0.5 152 116 ?? Ss 7:22AM 0:00.01 routed -q
dhess 121 0.0 2.0 56 484 vg I+ 7:22AM 0:00.20 xinit /home/dhe
dhess 115 0.0 0.6 132 132 vg I+ 7:22AM 0:00.09 /bin/sh /usr/X3
dhess 107 0.0 2.8 480 692 vg Is 7:22AM 0:00.35 -tcsh (tcsh)
root 69 0.0 1.1 368 272 ?? Ss 7:22AM 0:00.00 timed
root 50 0.0 1.0 48 232 ?? Is 7:22AM 0:00.03 portmap
dhess 127 0.0 0.0 0 20 vg Z - 0:00.00 (xset)
root 81 0.0 1.5 156 356 ?? Is 7:22AM 0:00.04 cron
root 79 0.0 0.7 12 156 ?? Ss 7:22AM 0:00.06 update
root 66 0.0 1.3 76 316 ?? Ss 7:22AM 0:00.08 syslogd
root 2 0.0 0.1 0 12 ?? DL 7:21AM 0:00.00 (pagedaemon)
dhess 128 0.0 0.0 0 20 vg Z - 0:00.00 (xsetroot)
root 1 0.0 0.7 212 176 ?? Ss 7:21AM 0:00.04 init --
root 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? DLs 7:21AM 0:00.03 (swapper)
dhess 198 -2.8 2.8 452 684 p2 Ss 7:47AM 0:00.22 -csh (tcsh)
root 197 -7.3 4.9 384 1208 vg S 7:47AM 0:00.43 xterm -fn fixed
root 122 -69.6 6.5 1576 1580 ?? R 7:22AM 0:19.41 X :0
Note the negative %CPU values.
This is with a Feb 16 -current system.
-dwh-
dhess@cs.stanford.edu
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