.. _irq:

IRQ

Availability: Linux

This plugin is disable by default, please use the --enable irq option to enable it.

.. image:: ../_static/irq.png

Glances displays the top 5 interrupts rate.

This plugin is only available on GNU/Linux (stats are grabbed from the /proc/interrupts file).

.. note:: /proc/interrupts file doesn't exist inside OpenVZ containers.

How to read the information:

• The first column is the IRQ number / name
• The second column says how many times the CPU has been interrupted during the last second