Bug 159195 - Hugepages does not get allocated for Oracle 10g
Summary: Hugepages does not get allocated for Oracle 10g
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version: 4.0
Hardware: i386 Linux
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Assignee: Larry Woodman
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: 159154 159207 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2005-05-31 13:35 UTC by Boris Mironov
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-06-07 19:44:02 UTC
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Description Boris Mironov 2005-05-31 13:35:00 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Oracle 10g database is certified to run on RHEL4 with no changes.
Unfortunately, my system can not use settings that work fine under RHEL3. Namely, I was able to use hugepages.

Under RHEL4 'cat /proc/meminfo' shows no usage of hugepages after Oracle instance starts. At same time a lot of swapping take place.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start kernel with hugepages=500 parameter
2. start Oracle 10g
3. 
  

Actual Results:  /proc/meminfo shows no usage of hugepages

Expected Results:  some hugepages should be allocated by Oracle instance

Additional info:

Regarding to numerous postings about SLES9 kernel 2.6 works fine for Oracle inside hugepages
Comment 1 Boris Mironov 2005-05-31 13:36:30 UTC 
Hello,

I've filed this problem with Oracle as TAR# 4405454.992

Best regards,
Boris
Comment 2 Boris Mironov 2005-05-31 16:04:00 UTC 
*** Bug 159154 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Boris Mironov 2005-05-31 16:04:48 UTC 
*** Bug 159207 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Boris Mironov 2005-05-31 16:06:19 UTC 
Hello,

Sorry guys it seems that 'Refresh' button repopulated my bug.

Boris
Comment 5 Boris Mironov 2005-06-06 01:27:16 UTC 
Hello,

Oracle forwarded me to Metalink document 262004.1 (Title: Configuring RHEL 3 
and Oracle 9iR2 with Hugetlb and Remap_file_pages). It works for Oracle 10g 
under RHEL 4.

This bug could be closed.

Thanks,
Boris
Comment 6 Suzanne Hillman 2005-06-07 19:44:02 UTC 
Closing as per comment #5.
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