Bug 987559 – Allow NUMAD to change hugepage scan_sleep_millisecs parameter

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Bug 987559 - Allow NUMAD to change hugepage scan_sleep_millisecs parameter

Summary:	Allow NUMAD to change hugepage scan_sleep_millisecs parameter

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	numad (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	6.5
Assigned To:	Bill Gray
QA Contact:	qe-baseos-daemons
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Duplicates:	1011018 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2013-07-23 12:18 EDT by Bill Gray
Modified:	2013-11-21 18:30 EST (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2013-11-21 18:30:09 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:1705	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	numad bug fix and enhancement update	2013-11-20 16:51:59 EST

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Description Bill Gray 2013-07-23 12:18:00 EDT

People ignore the instruction to change hugepage scan_sleep_millisecs parameter and this hurts NUMA performance when process memory is migrated across nodes.  Planned solution is for numad to simply set the parameter directly.

Comment 2 RHEL Product and Program Management 2013-07-23 13:51:49 EDT

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.  Product
Management has requested further review of this request by
Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux release for currently deployed products.
This request is not yet committed for inclusion in a release.

Comment 12 ldomb 2013-10-02 08:53:30 EDT

*** Bug 1011018 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 18:30:09 EST

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, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

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

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1705.html

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