Actually, they'll get blocked on access to NFS or other network-based disk, too....

freiheit on July 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Understanding Linux CPU Load - when should you be ...

Actually, they'll get blocked on access to NFS or other network-based disk, too. (but you can configure the NFS mount to allow signals to interrupt) I've seen NFS problems lead to loads over 100.