From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932213AbWBSTGo (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:06:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932217AbWBSTGo (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:06:44 -0500 Received: from smtp110.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.209]:45472 "HELO smtp110.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932213AbWBSTGo (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:06:44 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:06:40 -0800 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Irfan Habib Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to find the CPU usage of a process Message-ID: <20060219190640.GA4929@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <20060218174229.76852.qmail@web32603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060218174229.76852.qmail@web32603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 09:42:29AM -0800, Irfan Habib wrote: > I wanted to ask how can I find the cpu usage of a process, as > opposed to runtime, with cpu usage I mean actually how many time > slices were awarded to a specific process, like the runtime of job > may be 4 s, but this also includes time it was suspended by some > interrupt, or had to wait for the scheduler etc.. getrusage(2) or if it's not a child then grovel through /proc (i think there is an argument for a better interface)