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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am trying to compare the results that I am getting on a
RHEL 5.3 server using xm list (using libvirt.so.0.3.3) against both my Dom0 and
my Linux DomU on the same server to see if the cpu values match to what the kernel
is reporting in /proc/stat. Here is an example of what I am seeing on
both:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From Dom0:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>$ sudo /usr/sbin/xm list;cat /proc/stat | grep cpu <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Courier'>Name
ID Mem(MiB) <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">VCPUs</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Time(s)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>Domain-0
0 746 1 r-----
73722.3<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>rhel5_01
1
255 1 -b---- 18558.4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>cpu 412542 1477862 522101 1111350509 347838 0 262
487234<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>cpu0 412542 1477862 522101 1111350509 347838 0 262 487234<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From DomU (rhelt_01):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>$ cat /proc/stat | grep cpu <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>cpu 138184 148634 246128 924538039 467802 133 178
339822<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>cpu0 138184 148634 246128 924538039 467802 133 178 339822<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>The results of the two do not appear close. Should
the cpu times match, is this a bug, or does Time mean something different than
I think it does??<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Courier'>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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