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1 /* $NetBSD: getloadavg.c,v 1.12 2002/11/11 16:58:42 thorpej Exp $ */
3 /*-
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32 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
33 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
34 #if 0
35 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)getloadavg.c 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
36 #else
37 __RCSID("$NetBSD: getloadavg.c,v 1.12 2002/11/11 16:58:42 thorpej Exp $");
38 #endif
39 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
41 #include "namespace.h"
42 #include <sys/param.h>
43 #include <sys/time.h>
44 #include <sys/resource.h>
45 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
46 #include <uvm/uvm_param.h>
48 #include <assert.h>
49 #include <errno.h>
50 #include <stdlib.h>
52 #ifdef __weak_alias
53 __weak_alias(getloadavg,_getloadavg)
54 #endif
57 * getloadavg() -- Get system load averages.
59 * Put `nelem' samples into `loadavg' array.
60 * Return number of samples retrieved, or -1 on error.
62 int
63 getloadavg(loadavg, nelem)
64 double loadavg[];
65 int nelem;
67 struct loadavg loadinfo;
68 int i, mib[2];
69 size_t size;
71 _DIAGASSERT(loadavg != NULL);
72 _DIAGASSERT(nelem >= 0);
74 mib[0] = CTL_VM;
75 mib[1] = VM_LOADAVG;
76 size = sizeof(loadinfo);
77 if (sysctl(mib, 2, &loadinfo, &size, NULL, 0) < 0)
78 return (-1);
80 nelem = MIN((size_t) nelem, sizeof(loadinfo.ldavg) / sizeof(fixpt_t));
81 for (i = 0; i < nelem; i++)
82 loadavg[i] = (double) loadinfo.ldavg[i] / loadinfo.fscale;
83 return (nelem);