Linux操作系统中关于负载的定义
使用uptime或者top命令,都可以看到一个负载的输出,形如load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00,这个负载到底是什么东西呢,man文档里只是一笔带过,没有具体的给出负载的定义。
负载的统计,必然是由内核完成的,因此在内核源码中找答案是再好不过的事情了,找来2.6.21的内核源码,开始探索。
节选部分源码:
引用:
//kernel/timer.c
1254 active_tasks = count_active_tasks();
1256 CALC_LOAD(avenrun[0], EXP_1, active_tasks);
1257 CALC_LOAD(avenrun[1], EXP_5, active_tasks);
1258 CALC_LOAD(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active_tasks);
//include/linux/sched.h
110 #define FSHIFT 11 /* nr of bits of precision */
111 #define FIXED_1 (1<
112 #define LOAD_FREQ (5*HZ) /* 5 sec intervals */
113 #define EXP_1 1884 /* 1/exp(5sec/1min) as fixed-point */
114 #define EXP_5 2014 /* 1/exp(5sec/5min) */
115 #define EXP_15 2037 /* 1/exp(5sec/15min) */
117 #define CALC_LOAD(load,exp,n) \
118 load *= exp; \
119 load += n*(FIXED_1-exp); \
120 load >>= FSHIFT;
load(t) = ( load(t-1)*exp(i) + n(t)*(2048-exp(i)) ) / 2048
load(t-1)为上次计算出的结果
n(t)为t时刻的活动进程数
计算方式是累加各个CPU的运行队列中running和uninterruptible的值 再乘以2048
计算方式如下:
1946 unsigned long nr_active(void)
1947 {
1948 unsigned long i, running = 0, uninterruptible = 0;
1949
1950 for_each_online_cpu(i) {
1951 running += cpu_rq(i)->nr_running;
1952 uninterruptible += cpu_rq(i)->nr_uninterruptible;
1953 }
1954
1955 if (unlikely((long)uninterruptible < 0))
1956 uninterruptible = 0;
1957
1958 return running + uninterruptible;
1959 }
1226 static unsigned long count_active_tasks(void)
1227 {
1228 return nr_active() * FIXED_1;
1229 }
exp(1) = 1884
exp(5) = 2014
exp(15) = 2037
exp(i) = 2048 * e^(-1/12/i)