Bug 1907924 - Enable madvdontneed in OpenShift Images
Summary: Enable madvdontneed in OpenShift Images
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: OpenShift Container Platform
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Node
Version: 4.7
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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medium
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: 4.7.0
Assignee: Ryan Phillips
QA Contact: Sunil Choudhary
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Blocks: 1916290
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Reported: 2020-12-15 14:21 UTC by Ryan Phillips
Modified: 2021-02-24 15:44 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-02-24 15:44:28 UTC
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Github openshift images pull 61 0 None closed Bug 1907924: enable madvdontneed for golang 2021-02-19 22:31:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:5633 0 None None None 2021-02-24 15:44:50 UTC

Description Ryan Phillips 2020-12-15 14:21:59 UTC
Description of problem:

Golang 1.12 changed to use MADV_FREE. MADV_FREE is somewhat faster than 
MADV_DONTNEED; however, the kernel will not try and reclaim memory in golang processes until the system is memory constrained. Cloud servers can potentially page out executable caches, which can cause IOPS throttles. Since golang 1.16  will be changing the default to MADV_DONTNEED, we are going to enable the flag by default.

https://github.com/golang/go/issues/42330

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.7

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Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2021-02-24 15:44:28 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.0 security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5633


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