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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Dual CPU's and 'top' Post 38320 by IMPTRUE on Saturday 12th of July 2003 12:51:26 AM
Old 07-12-2003
This is kinda confusing.

Your cpus are being utilized because if your system's idle state is at 5% that means the sytem is under heavy use.

if your sytem was at something higher like in the 90s then you can decide if the cpus are being utilized.

bottom line is idle percent number of 5% indicates your systems is heavily being used
 

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CGGET(1)							 libcgroup Manual							  CGGET(1)

NAME
cgget - print parameter(s) of given group(s) SYNOPSIS
cgget [-n] [-v] [-r <name>] [-g <controller>] [-a] <path> ... cgget [-n] [-v] [-r <name>] -g <controller>:<path> ... DESCRIPTION
Prints the parameter(s) of input cgroup(s). If neither controller nor variable are specified, the values of all possible variables are displayed. <path> is the name of the cgroup which should be read. This parameter can be used multiple times. -a, --all print the variables for all controllers which consist in the given cgroup -g <controller> defines controllers whose values should be displayed. This option can be used multiple times. -g <controller>:<path> defines control groups whose values should be displayed. This option can be used multiple times. -h, --help display help and exit -n do not print headers, i.e. names of groups. -r, --variable <name> defines parameter to display. This option can be used multiple times. -v, --values-only print only values, not parameter names. EXAMPLES
$ cgget -r cpuset.cpus -r cpuset.mems first second first: cpuset.cpus=0-1 cpuset.mems=0 second: cpuset.cpus=0 cpuset.mems=0 $ cgget -n -r cpuset.cpus -r cpuset.mems first second cpuset.cpus=0-1 cpuset.mems=0 cpuset.cpus=0 cpuset.mems=0 $ cgget -nv -r cpuset.cpus -r cpuset.mems first second 0-1 0 0 0 $ cgget -n -g cpu / cpu.rt_period_us=1000000 cpu.rt_runtime_us=950000 cpu.shares=1024 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
CGROUP_LOGLEVEL controls verbosity of the tool. Allowed values are DEBUG, INFO, WARNING or ERROR. SEE ALSO
cgrules.conf (1), cgcreate (1), cgget (1) Linux 2010-01-18 CGGET(1)
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