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:
This bug did not make the OSP 8.0 release. It is being deferred to OSP 10.
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