#!/bin/bash r_log "sysstat" "Testing CPU load is being measured via mpstat" TMPFILE=/var/tmp/mpstat BLOCKS=4096 COUNT=20000 [ -e "$TMPFILE" ] && /bin/rm -f $TMPFILE /usr/bin/mpstat -P 0 1 5 > $TMPFILE & # wait sleep 5 # generate cpu stuff /bin/dd if=/dev/urandom bs=$BLOCKS count=$COUNT 2> /dev/null | sha256sum -b - &> /dev/null # wait sleep 5 # Check that our bytes are greater than zero. Except the first line. CPU_SYS_PERCENT=$(awk '$6 ~ /[0-9]\./ {$6>a ? a=$6 : $6} END {print int(a)}' $TMPFILE) [ "$CPU_SYS_PERCENT" -gt 5 ] || { r_log "sysstat" "Why didn't we log CPU activity..."; } r_checkExitStatus $?