Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Can a linux vmware guest tell if its host is CPU constrained?

[Adam Carter]

>
> > So should I run something like: date ; time <some command that runs at
> > 100%CPU for a minute> ; date ?
>
> No, date will pull from your RTC, which is usually kept up to date with an
> asynchronous
> counter.
>
> First check GNU top(1) and look in the %Cpu line for "st." That is % CPU
> time stolen. If it is
> nonzero then the guest time's accounting is probably working. It's not
> typical for the
> hypervisor to hide this information. It's really important for load
> balancing.
>

Thanks for that. I haven't seen any non-zero stolen time yet, however.

FWIW vmstat also shows stolen time.