NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     kvm_getloadavg - get load average of the system

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/resource.h>
     #include <kvm.h>

     int
     kvm_getloadavg(kvm_t *kd, double loadavg[], int nelem);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The kvm_getloadavg() function returns the number of processes in the system
  run  queue of the kernel indicated by kd, averaged over
various periods
 of time.  Up to nelem samples are retrieved and assigned
to successive
 elements of loadavg[].  The system imposes a maximum of
3 samples,
     representing averages over the last 1, 5,  and  15  minutes,
respectively.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     If  the load average was unobtainable, -1 is returned.  Otherwise, the
     number of samples actually retrieved is returned.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     uptime(1), getloadavg(3), kvm(3)

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      4,      1993