vmstat's w column

[Allan Jude]

On 10/03/2017 16:21, Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> (This query brought to you courtesy of tech reviews on my new freeBSD
> book.)
> 
> On my -current box, vmstat(8) says:
> 
>      procs   Information about the numbers of processes in various states.
> 
>              r       in run queue
>              b       blocked for resources (i/o, paging, etc.)
>              w       runnable or short sleeper (< 20 secs) but swapped
> 
> I've had a couple people report to me that they have w entries even
> when only a few kilobytes are swapped out.
> 
> Is the man page wrong? Or should I tell them to report that output as
> a bug?
> 
> Thanks,
> ==ml
> 
> 
> 

I wonder if the explanation needs a comma.
It could be read as: running, or [short sleeper that is swapped out]

But I don't actually know.

-- 
Allan Jude