xref: /openbsd-src/lib/libc/gen/getloadavg.c (revision a28daedfc357b214be5c701aa8ba8adb29a7f1c2)
1 /*	$OpenBSD: getloadavg.c,v 1.6 2005/08/08 08:05:34 espie Exp $ */
2 /*-
3  * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
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29  */
30 
31 #include <sys/param.h>
32 #include <sys/time.h>
33 #include <sys/resource.h>
34 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
35 
36 #include <stdlib.h>
37 
38 /*
39  * getloadavg() -- Get system load averages.
40  *
41  * Put `nelem' samples into `loadavg' array.
42  * Return number of samples retrieved, or -1 on error.
43  */
44 int
45 getloadavg(double loadavg[], int nelem)
46 {
47 	struct loadavg loadinfo;
48 	int i, mib[2];
49 	size_t size;
50 
51 	mib[0] = CTL_VM;
52 	mib[1] = VM_LOADAVG;
53 	size = sizeof(loadinfo);
54 	if (sysctl(mib, 2, &loadinfo, &size, NULL, 0) < 0)
55 		return (-1);
56 
57 	nelem = MIN(nelem, sizeof(loadinfo.ldavg) / sizeof(fixpt_t));
58 	for (i = 0; i < nelem; i++)
59 		loadavg[i] = (double) loadinfo.ldavg[i] / loadinfo.fscale;
60 	return (nelem);
61 }
62