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Bug #26631

Configure MALLOC_ARENA_MAX for dynflow

Added by Mike McCune over 3 years ago. Updated over 2 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Mike McCune
Category:
RPMs
Target version:
-
Difficulty:
easy
Triaged:
No
Bugzilla link:
1700501
Pull request:
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-packaging/pull/3641, https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-packaging/pull/4189, https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-packaging/pull/4353
Fixed in Releases:
Foreman - 1.24.0
Found in Releases:

Description

Description

Cloned from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1700501

Description of problem:
Configure MALLOC_ARENA_MAX for dynflow

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
It has been found in internal testing that configuring MALLOC_ARENA_MAX improves the performance of dynflow executors.
To apply:

edit /etc/sysconfig/dynflowd and append MALLOC_ARENA_MAX=2
foreman-maintain service restart

Actual results:
Internal testing showed a significant improvement in memory utilization of dynflow executors, often near 50% less usage.

Associated revisions

Revision d669d3bd (diff)
Added by Mike McCune almost 3 years ago

Fixes #26631 - configure MALLOC_ARENA_MAX to reduce long term RSS

Revision 35da9528 (diff)
Added by Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden over 2 years ago

Refs #26631 - Set MALLOC_ARENA_MAX via the service

By setting it via the service, there is no .rpmnew changes when a user
made manual changes. If the user set it manually via
/etc/sysconfig/dynflowd that will still take precedence.

History

#1 Updated by The Foreman Bot over 3 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Ready For Testing

#2 Updated by The Foreman Bot almost 3 years ago

  • Pull request https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-packaging/pull/4189 added

#3 Updated by The Foreman Bot almost 3 years ago

  • Fixed in Releases 1.24.0 added

#4 Updated by Anonymous almost 3 years ago

  • Status changed from Ready For Testing to Closed

#5 Updated by The Foreman Bot over 2 years ago

  • Pull request https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-packaging/pull/4353 added

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