#!/bin/bash
#
# Get an estimate of how CPU-hoggy to be.
#
# Usage: cpus2use.sh
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
#
# Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2013
#
# Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
ncpus=`grep '^processor' /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l`
idlecpus=`mpstat | tail -1 | \
awk -v ncpus=$ncpus '{ print ncpus * ($7 + $NF) / 100 }'`
awk -v ncpus=$ncpus -v idlecpus=$idlecpus < /dev/null '
BEGIN {
cpus2use = idlecpus;
if (cpus2use < 1)
cpus2use = 1;
if (cpus2use < ncpus / 10)
cpus2use = ncpus / 10;
if (cpus2use == int(cpus2use))
cpus2use = int(cpus2use)
else
cpus2use = int(cpus2use) + 1
print cpus2use;
}'