[tlug] Re: CPU monitor shows 100% use, but process list shows nothing above 10%

[Tobias Diedrich <ranma@example.com>]

Darren Cook wrote:
> > 2. When this happens again is there a better way of querying what
> > processes are running so that I'm more likely to find the process that's
> > hogging the CPU?
> 
> If you run "top" it shows the processes, ordered by CPU usage, so the
> culprit should be at the top. It also shows memory usage, and PID (which
> you use to kill it with).

AFAIK it is possible to write a program so that it doesn't show up
very high in top's list, but still uses most of the CPU time...
At least I seem to remember a discussion on linux-kernel or
somewhere about that possibility.

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