kvm_getloadavg(3)

kvm_getloadavg3

Get load average of the system

Usage

#include <kvm.h>

int

kvm_getloadavg(kvm_t *kd, double loadavg[], int nelem);

Library

Kernel Data Access Library (libkvm, -lkvm)

Overview

The kvm_getloadavg() function returns the number of processes in the system run queue of the kernel indicated by kd, averaged over various periods of time. Up to nelem samples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of loadavg[]. The system imposes a maximum of 3 samples, representing averages over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, respectively.

Diagnostics

If the load average was unobtainable, -1 is returned; otherwise, the number of samples actually retrieved is returned.

Releases

87 releases since FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE; the text changed 40 times.

  1. 2.0.5–2.1.7.1
  2. 2.2.2–2.2.9
  3. 3.0–3.4
  4. 3.5–3.5.1
  5. 4.0
  6. 4.1–4.4
  7. 4.5–4.11
  8. 5.0–6.3
  9. 6.4
  10. 7.0
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  15. 8.0
  16. 8.1
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  20. 9.0
  21. 9.1
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  25. 10.1
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  29. 11.0
  30. 11.1
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  34. 12.0
  35. 12.1
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  38. 12.4
  39. 13.0–13.2
  40. 13.3–14.5
  41. 15.0–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.