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.. versionchanged:: 4.1.0 added *interrupt* and *dpc* fields on Windows.
+ .. warning::
+ CPU times are always supposed to increase over time, or at least remain
+ the same, and that's because time cannot go backwards.
+ Surprisingly sometimes this might not be the case (at least on Windows
+ and Linux), see `#1210 <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues/1210#issuecomment-363046156>`__.
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.. function:: cpu_percent(interval=None, percpu=False)
Return a float representing the current system-wide CPU utilization as a