get_avenrun(9)

🎀 get_avenrun 🎀

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for get_avenrun, and we are gonna get you comfy with it 💅 no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

get_avenrun — get the load average array 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void get_avenrun (unsigned long *loads , unsigned long offset , int
shift );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• loads — pointer to destination load array ✨ like, that's where the load values are headed.
• offset — offset to add 💫 yes, literally an offset that gets added.
• shift — shift count to shift the result left 🌈 keep it cute, it's the left-shift amount.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the vibe here is: these values are estimates at best, so no need for locking. fr fr, that's the whole note — they're estimates, and locking is not needed 💀✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./kernel/sched/loadavg.c 🍓
• fixed_power_int(9) 🧚

and that's the whole vibe check, bestie 💜 source/version: ./kernel/sched · date: October 2026 · page: get_avenrun(9) 🫶💅