怎么在RHEL7上禁用transparent hugepages (THP)

原文标题：

How to disable transparent hugepages (THP) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 

原文网址：

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1320153

环境

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• transparent hugepages (THP)
• tuned

问题

• How to disable transparent hugepages (THP) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• Disabling transparent hugepages (THP) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is not taking effect.

决议

Follow the steps below

1. Add the "transparent_hugepage=never" kernel parameter option to the grub2 configuration file.

   • Append or change the "transparent_hugepage=never" kernel parameter on the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX option in /etc/default/grub file. Only include the parameter once.

     Raw

     GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.lvm.lv=rhel/root rd.lvm.lv=rhel/swap ... transparent_hugepage=never"
     

2. Rebuild the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file by running the grub2-mkconfig -o command as follows:

   • Please ensure to take a backup of the existing /boot/grub2/grub.cfg before rebuilding.
     • On BIOS-based machines: ~]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
     • On UEFI-based machines: ~]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg

3. Reboot the system and verify option has been added

   • Reboot the system

     Raw

     # shutdown -r now
     

   • Verify the parameter is set correctly

     Raw

     # cat /proc/cmdline
     

 

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If Transparent Huge Pages (THP) is still not disabled, continue and use one of the options below.

• Option 1: (Recommended) create a customized tuned profile with disabled THP

  • With this resolution we will create a customized version of the currently running profile. The customized version will disable THP.

  • Find out which profile is active, create a copy. In the following example we currently use the throughput-performance profile:

    Raw

    # tuned-adm active
    Current active profile: throughput-performance
    

  • To create customized profile, create a new directory in /etc/tuned directory with desired profile name.

    Raw

    # mkdir /etc/tuned/myprofile-nothp
    

  • Then create a new tuned.conf file for myprofile-nothp, and insert the new tuning info:

    Raw

    # cat /etc/tuned/myprofile-nothp/tuned.conf 
    [main]
    include= throughput-performance
    
    [vm]
    transparent_hugepages=never
    

  • Make the script executable:

    Raw

    # chmod +x /etc/tuned/myprofile-nothp/tuned.conf 
    

  • Enable myprofile like so:

    Raw

    # tuned-adm profile myprofile-nothp
    

  • This change will immediately take effect and persist reboots.

  • To verify if THP are disabled or not, run below command:

    Raw

    # cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
    

• Option 2: (Alternative) Disable tuned services

  • This resolution will disable the tuned services.

    Raw

    # systemctl stop tuned
    # systemctl disable tuned
    

  • OR

    Raw

    # tuned-adm off
    

  • Now add "transparent_hugepage=never" kernel parameter in grub2 configuration file as explained in steps 1-3 above.

  • Reboot the server for changes to take effect.