From: Florian Forster <octo@leeloo.lan.home.verplant.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:22:25 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: lpar plugin: Document why comsumed ticks may be larger than entitled ticks.
X-Git-Tag: collectd-5.0.0-beta0~27^2~12
X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=51f35f06cdcae02cc5c71baab2ac6a85d155d5a0;p=collectd.git

lpar plugin: Document why comsumed ticks may be larger than entitled ticks.
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diff --git a/src/lpar.c b/src/lpar.c
index 2f40691d..113dff93 100644
--- a/src/lpar.c
+++ b/src/lpar.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ static int lpar_read_shared_partition (const perfstat_partition_total_t *data)
 		idle_diff = idle - idle_old;
 		consumed_ticks = user_diff + syst_diff + wait_diff + idle_diff;
 
+		/* "uncapped" partitions are allowed to consume more ticks than
+		 * they are entitled to. */
 		if (entitled_ticks >= consumed_ticks)
 			unav_diff = entitled_ticks - consumed_ticks;
 		else