RFR: 8265836: OperatingSystemImpl.getCpuLoad() returns incorrect CPU load inside a container [v6]

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Tue, 25 May 2021 21:46:27 GMT, Hao Tang <github.com+7947546+tanghaoth90 at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> OperatingSystemImpl.getCpuLoad() may return 1.0 in a container, even though the CPU load is obviously below 100%.
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>> We created a 5-core container and run 4 "while (true)" loops in the container. OperatingSystemImpl.getCpuLoad() returned 1.0, which is incorrect (0.8 is correct).
>> "systemLoad" in getCpuLoad() is exactly 4.0 before "systemLoad = Math.min(1.0, systemLoad);". The problem is caused by using the elapsed time (specified by "cpu.cfs_period_us") instead of the total CPU time (specified by "cpu.cfs_quota_us"). Therefore, it is more reasonable to divide cpu usage time by "quotaNanos" instead of "elapsedNanos".
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> Hao Tang has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Use historical-value-based formula for both cpu-quota-based and cpu-shares-based calculation
>  - rename usageTicks and totalTicks

Still good.

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Marked as reviewed by sgehwolf (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3656