[SOLVED] Linux top command does not list all CPUs

MahendraL · 04-15-2016, 01:19 AM

Hi,
I've Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS installed on an x86 host.
The host has 56 virtual CPUs or hyperthreads (as seen
in cat /proc/cpuinfo).
When I run top command and then press '1' key, it shows load on
only CPUs 0-39, but not all 56 CPUs, i.e. 0-55.

Does anyone know how to view load on all CPUs (56 in my case) ?

Thank you.
Mahendra

153rd · 04-15-2016, 01:30 AM

Hey,

You can also check:

Code:

dmesg | grep cpu

It might have limited NR_CPUS to 39 - even though I do not know how to change this.

Cheers!

chrism01 · 04-15-2016, 01:38 AM

See section 2.16 http://linoxide.com/linux-command/li...s-screenshots/
My Centos 6.7 defaults to 0 (unlimited) ie limited only by size of terminal window

kirukan · 04-15-2016, 01:44 AM

It will present up to available screen hight.

MahendraL · 04-15-2016, 02:59 AM

Thank you chrism01 and kirukan.
After reducing font size of my xterm, I found that now all CPUs are displayed by top.

JenkinsCW · 04-15-2016, 03:56 PM

I know you solved it but, there is also htop. It defaults to show all cpus without having to toggle the '1' key.

It's very similar to top with more features. Below is an excerpt from man htop

Quote:

Htop is a free (GPL) ncurses-based process viewer for Linux.

It is similar to top, but allows you to scroll vertically and horizontally, so you can
see all the processes running on the system, along with their full command lines, as
well as viewing them as a process tree, selecting mutiple processes and acting on them
all at once.

Tasks related to processes (killing, renicing) can be done without entering their
PIDs.