[Bug 2049019] [NEW] RFE: also show processes witing for IO (status "D") as running (highlight y)

[Mikko Rantalainen]

Public bug reported:

Currently when I run top and use key "y" to enable highlighting for
running task, only tasks with status "R" are highlighted. However, as
many modern processes are IO limited instead of CPU limited, it would
make sense to highlight both CPU limited and IO limited processes
because both are logically running as far as the user is interested.

I'm hereby requesting that the "running tasks" highlight should
highlight all processes with status "R" or "D" instead of only "R" like
it currently does.

I don't understand the "I" state to know if it would make sense to
include that, too, as a "running task".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: procps 2:3.3.17-6ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-1014.14~22.04.1-lowlatency 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-1014-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Jan 11 13:05:28 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-25 (657 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20220223)
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: procps
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-05-25 (230 days ago)

** Affects: procps (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy

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Title:
  RFE: also show processes witing for IO (status "D") as running
  (highlight y)

Status in procps package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently when I run top and use key "y" to enable highlighting for
  running task, only tasks with status "R" are highlighted. However, as
  many modern processes are IO limited instead of CPU limited, it would
  make sense to highlight both CPU limited and IO limited processes
  because both are logically running as far as the user is interested.

  I'm hereby requesting that the "running tasks" highlight should
  highlight all processes with status "R" or "D" instead of only "R"
  like it currently does.

  I don't understand the "I" state to know if it would make sense to
  include that, too, as a "running task".

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: procps 2:3.3.17-6ubuntu2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-1014.14~22.04.1-lowlatency 6.2.16
  Uname: Linux 6.2.0-1014-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Thu Jan 11 13:05:28 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-25 (657 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20220223)
  RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
  SourcePackage: procps
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-05-25 (230 days ago)

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