There is no "dummy LPAR". Millicode periodically executes a loop to waste some time. The logical processor remains dispatched to the physical processor while that is happening, so the wasted time is included in the CPU Timer for the logical processor, and thus is charged to the dispatched work unit, as it should be.
Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie NY > It is simple: clock remains the same for any subcapacity. Simply some > cycles are taken by "dummy LPAR". > How does it relate to CPI? It does not affect... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
