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Document URL: 

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Virtualization_Tuning_and_Optimization_Guide/sect-Virtualization_Tuning_Optimization_Guide-Memory-Tuning.html

Section Number and Name: 

7.2.3.2. Configuring Static Huge Pages

Describe the issue: 

Procedure 7.1. Setting huge pages reads:

"Alternatively, to make the setting persistent, use the # sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=N command with N being the number of huge pages. "

sysctl -w will not make a sysctl setting persistent across reboots.

Suggestions for improvement: 

The proper procedure for setting reboots persistently is to set them in /etc/sysctl.conf

# echo 'vm.nr_hugepages = X' >> /etc/sysctl.conf
# sysctl -p

Where X is the number of huge pages you want.

The setting being in /etc/sysctl.conf makes the setting load on boot. 'sysctl -p' makes the settings in /etc/sysctl.conf active when you run it.

Alternatively, huge pages can be set with a kernel argument:

hugepages=X

So you'd append the above to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= line in /etc/default/grub, back up your grub.cfg

# cp /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /boot/grub2/grub.cfg.bak

then generate a new grub2 config file

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Note you can use one of the two above procedures but you shouldn't use both.

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