Linux Load Averages: Solving the Mystery
Brendan Gregg
AUGUST 8, 2017
Nowadays, the source code to old operating systems can also be found online. And here's an excerpt from [Linux] today (include/linux/sched/loadavg.h): #define EXP_1 1884 /* 1/exp(5sec/1min) as fixed-point */ #define EXP_5 2014 /* 1/exp(5sec/5min) */ #define EXP_15 2037 /* 1/exp(5sec/15min) */. Why, exactly, did Linux do this?
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