Unable to allocate as many hugepages as requested
Issue
-
Why is the number of HugePages not changed after changing value in
/etc/sysctl.conf? -
Attempting to allocate hugepages with
sysctl vm.nr_hugepages=results in no change tovm.nr_hugepagesor the hugepages shown/proc/meminfo.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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