Bug 1284473 - RFE: [Director] [OOB] KSM Is not enabled by default on overcloud deployment
Summary: RFE: [Director] [OOB] KSM Is not enabled by default on overcloud deployment
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Classification: Red Hat
Component: rhosp-director
Version: 8.0 (Liberty)
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Hugh Brock
QA Contact: Udi Shkalim
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-11-23 12:35 UTC by Udi Shkalim
Modified: 2017-01-15 18:42 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2017-01-15 18:42:01 UTC
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Description Udi Shkalim 2015-11-23 12:35:42 UTC
Description of problem:
KSM is not enabled by default on overcloud nodes

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
osp director 8

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
On a deployed overcloud run the following commands 
1. cat /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run
2. grep -H '' /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_*
3. systemctl status ksm

Actual results:

# cat /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run
0
# grep -H '' /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_*
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_shared:0
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_sharing:0
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_to_scan:100
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_unshared:0
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_volatile:0
# systemctl status ksm
● ksm.service - Kernel Samepage Merging
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ksm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Fri 2015-11-20 12:43:50 EST; 2 days ago
 Main PID: 823 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/ksm.service



Expected results:

[root@overcloud-controller-2 keystone]# cat /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run
1
[root@overcloud-controller-2 keystone]# grep -H '' /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_*
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_shared:48911
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_sharing:90090
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_to_scan:100
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_unshared:123002
/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_volatile:1035

non-zero values

Additional info:

Comment 2 Mike Burns 2016-04-07 20:57:01 UTC
This bug did not make the OSP 8.0 release.  It is being deferred to OSP 10.

Comment 3 Jaromir Coufal 2016-09-30 08:10:06 UTC
Why is this needed? What is the impact for a user?

Comment 4 Jaromir Coufal 2017-01-15 18:42:01 UTC
Not enough info. Please re-open if still valid or needed.


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