From b9a4611d48d045e77aadfda87aa53b961a116653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:41:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix logarithms. Thanks to Haobo Xu . --- doc/44bsd.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/44bsd.texi b/doc/44bsd.texi index ba67dda..d27343f 100644 --- a/doc/44bsd.texi +++ b/doc/44bsd.texi @@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ using this formula: threads ready to run (see below). If @var{load_avg} is 1, indicating that a single thread, on average, is competing for the CPU, then the current value of @var{recent_cpu} decays to a weight of .1 in -@am{\log_{2/3}.1 \approx 6, ln(2/3)/ln(.1) = approx. 6} seconds; if +@am{\log_{2/3}.1 \approx 6, ln(.1)/ln(2/3) = approx. 6} seconds; if @var{load_avg} is 2, then decay to a weight of .1 takes @am{\log_{3/4}.1 -\approx 8, ln(3/4)/ln(.1) = approx. 8} seconds. The effect is that +\approx 8, ln(.1)/ln(3/4) = approx. 8} seconds. The effect is that @var{recent_cpu} estimates the amount of CPU time the thread has received ``recently,'' with the rate of decay inversely proportional to the number of threads competing for the CPU. -- 2.30.2