Why /proc/loadavg report permanent load average of 1.0 even when the system is idle ?

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Issue

  • Why there is a permanent load average of 1.0 when "gablogd" deamon running on the system ?
  • Why /proc/loadavg report permanent load average of 1.0 even when the system is idle ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,5,6
  • Symantec. Veritas Cluster
  • GAB gablogd daemon

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