Created attachment 12859 [details]
Weird 'load average' output in top

https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/-/issues/214

Hi, thanks reporting this.

Here is:
$ inxi -Sxx
System:    Host: mageia.local Kernel: 5.10.48-desktop-1.mga8 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.3.0 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Mageia 8 mga8

$ top
> top - 22:55:30 up  1:20,  2 users,  load average: 0,80, 0,74, 0,74

OK. No such strange numbers...
I don't really know why you get such numbers, as you reported that compiling this utility from sources, it is same.

@Stig, you did mention on upstream report that you use Cauldron with a 5.10.46 Kernel... This is a Mageia 8 Kernel. I'am not affected, nor upstream dev.

Can you confirm which kernel version you use?

CC: (none) => ouaurelien

Yes, I'm using a custom kernel because the Cauldron kernel has issues that I haven't reported yet.

Cheers,
Stig

@Stig : thank you for the screenshot, & upstream ref.

Following Stig's upstream bug report (comment 2, worth reading)), I think this bug is now invalid.
> [Jim] I just tried the Mageia-8 (5.10.48 kernel) top (3.3.16)
> and everything was fine
>_
> [Stig] After an update to 5.10.49 I no longer see the same issue.
> However, I now see, on an idle system, load averages of 48.x
> with the same numbers in /proc/loadavg.
> Have to mention that the kernel I'm using is a custom kernel
>_
> [Jim] I went on to also test against a Mageia-8 5.10.46 kernel
> with no problems found.
> Anyway, it sounds like we're beginning to hold top blameless
>_
> [Stig] I've just booted in to kernel 5.13.1, the official
> Mageia Cauldron kernel, and the output is as expected and correct.
> Something else is happening here
On my M8 system with kernel 5.10.46-desktop-1.mga8:
 top - 20:49:57 up 23 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.13, 0.28, 0.34
 $ cat /proc/loadavg
 0.64 0.40 0.38 3/471 9372

If others agree, let's close this.

Ever confirmed: 1 => 0
URL: (none) => https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/-/issues/214
CC: (none) => lewyssmith
Status: NEW => UNCONFIRMED

Cauldron kernel.

Newer seems to not affected

(In reply to Lewis Smith from comment #5)
> > [Stig] I've just booted in to kernel 5.13.1, the official
> > Mageia Cauldron kernel, and the output is as expected and correct.
> > Something else is happening here
> On my M8 system with kernel 5.10.46-desktop-1.mga8:
>  top - 20:49:57 up 23 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.13, 0.28, 0.34
>  $ cat /proc/loadavg
>  0.64 0.40 0.38 3/471 9372
> 
> If others agree, let's close this.

Agree this.
Closed upstream.

Resolution: (none) => INVALID
Status: UNCONFIRMED => RESOLVED