Subject: Re: negative values using ps -aux
To: Reinhold M. Roppert <netbsd-users@rmroppert.de>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/14/2005 11:56:54
"Reinhold M. Roppert" <netbsd-users@rmroppert.de> writes:
> Hello,
>
> i get negative Values using ps -aux
>
> nbsd3:> ps -aux
> USER    PID %CPU  %MEM    VSZ    RSS TT STAT STARTED    TIME COMMAND
> root      0  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DKs  10:13PM 0:00.00 [swapper]
> root      1  0.0  -1.1     68    736 ?? Is   10:13PM 0:00.14 init
> root      2  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [cryptoret]
> root      3  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [usb0]

I remember that being a bug that was fixed -- in -current I don't get
negatives for in-kernel procs.

OTOH, I do still get a %mem and RSS value for them, which may not be
reasonable. Probably kernel procs should just give you a 0 for those
things.

Perry