Re: Linux 2.4.19ac3rc3 on IBM x330/x340 SMP - "ps" time skew

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:14:16 -0400 (EDT)


Alan Cox writes:
> On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 13:59, David Luyer wrote:

>> printf("%d\n", sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF));
>> }
>> luyer@praxis8:~$ ./cpus
>> 4
>> luyer@praxis8:~$ grep 'processor ' /proc/cpuinfo
>> processor : 0
>> processor : 1
>
> In which case I suggest you file a glibc bug. sysconf looks at the /proc
> stuff as I understand it

First you blame ps. Then you blame libc. How about you
place the fault right where it belongs?

Counting processors in /proc/cpuinfo is a joke of an ABI.

Add a proper ABI now, and userspace can transition to it
over the next 4 years.
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