echo never >/sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/defrag echo no > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag is something I got on several boxes here. If I remember correctly, it « fixes » the problem.
I will try that, thanks. Any refs to the source of the solution?
hmmmm I'm pretty sure it comes from CentOS ml but I can't find the ref right now. Anyway, the problem was back then close to this one: http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5716
Thanks Laurent,
But are you sure that's a cure for the problem I'm having? Occasional page allocation failures? I don't see anything of the sort in this thread.