Subject: ps broken in 1.4_BETA ?
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/30/1999 21:32:43
Here's what I see on my 486 system when I do ps -aux

$ ps aux
USER       PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TT  STAT STARTED       TIME COMMAND
root       194  1.0  4.1   828  648 p0  S     4:20PM    0:17.71 bash 
root         1  0.0  0.0   312    4 ??  IWs   4:04PM    0:00.49 init 
root         2  0.0 -551.3     0 -88216 ??  DL    4:04PM    0:04.39 (pagedaemon)
root         3  0.0 -551.3     0 -88216 ??  DL    4:04PM    0:20.01 (reaper)
root       123  0.0  1.9    96  296 ??  Ss    4:04PM    0:01.90 syslogd 
root       127  0.0  0.0    52    4 ??  IWs   4:04PM    0:00.66 portmap -l 
root       154  0.0  0.7    16  104 ??  Is    4:04PM    0:14.11 update 30 
root       156  0.0  1.8   288  276 ??  Is    4:04PM    0:01.65 cron 
root       159  0.0  0.0    88    4 ??  IWs   4:04PM    0:00.51 inetd -l 
root       171  0.0  0.0    48    4 E0  IWs+  4:04PM    0:00.15 /usr/libexec/ge
root       172  0.0  0.9    52  132 ??  I     4:04PM    0:00.57 /usr/libexec/ge
root       173  0.0  0.9    52  132 ??  I     4:04PM    0:00.62 /usr/libexec/ge
root       174  0.0  0.9    52  132 ??  I     4:04PM    0:00.70 /usr/libexec/ge
root       177  0.4  1.3   144  204 ??  S     4:06PM    0:21.19 telnetd 
mac        178  0.0  0.0   788    4 p0  IWs   4:06PM    0:01.21 -bash 
root       190  0.0  0.0   400    4 p0  IW    4:20PM    0:00.57 -csh 
root         0  0.0 -551.3     0 -88216 ??  DLs   4:04PM    0:00.37 (swapper)
root     25941  0.0  1.1   352  168 p0  R+    9:22PM    0:00.11 ps -aux 


The %MEM, VSZ, RSS etc. columns look wrong for pagedaemon, reaper, and swapper.

(As a general rule, perhaps "unsigned" types should be used for quantities
 that can never be negative?)

-Mike