GNU Parallel Bug Reports loadavg_cmd looks at processes ignoring threads

[Leonid German]

Hi,

when using the --load option, one can observe that processes are being
started even though the machine is overloaded.

GNU Parallel computes the load average "as the number of processes
waiting for disk or CPU right now". The following command in loadavg_cmd
is used to get the count "ps ax -o state,command". However, if a process
is running threads, like MATLAB does, the process (or main thread) is
listed as sleeping (S).

I suggest using the H option, showing threads as if they were processes,
e.g. "ps axH -o state,command".

The difference in my particular case is that 15 processes are shown
running, which would allow parallel to start more. In reality 85 threads
are running, overloading the CPU.

Best regards,
Leonid German