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Currently, the vm.min_free_kbytes sysctl value is capped at a hardcoded 64M in init_per_zone_wmark_min (unless it is overridden by khugepaged initialization). This value has not been modified since 2005, and enterprise-grade systems now frequently have hundreds of GB of RAM and multiple 10, 40, or even 100 GB NICs. We have seen page allocation failures on heavily loaded systems related to NIC drivers. These issues were resolved by an increase to vm.min_free_kbytes. This patch increases the hardcoded value by a factor of 4 as a temporary solution. Further work to make the calculation of vm.min_free_kbytes more consistent throughout the kernel would be desirable. As an example of the inconsistency of the current method, this value is recalculated by init_per_zone_wmark_min() in the case of memory hotplug which will override the value set by set_recommended_min_free_kbytes() called during khugepaged initialization even if khugepaged remains enabled, however an on/off toggle of khugepaged will then recalculate and set the value via set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(). Signed-off-by: Joel Savitz <jsavitz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200220150103.5183-1-jsavitz@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.