Re: How to Increase VmallocTotal

ashok shankar das <[email protected]> Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:22:35 +0530
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This is defined in kernel code. there was a  a way to do it from the 
command line too.
*/vmalloc=<size>* /You may try this command line option at boot time.

Bill Snapko wrote:

> Hello,
>  
> I am using a RedHat Enterprise WS v4 distribution.
>  
> I am looking to increase the value that is displayed by VmallocTotal 
> using `cat /proc/meminfo`. The value I currently have is 
> "VmallocTotal:   106488 kB". This is unacceptable for the current 
> situation.
>  
> On another system using a Fedora Core 3 distribution, the VmallocTotal 
> value is "VmallocTotal:  3612664 kB". This is what I want.
>  
> Both systems have 1GB RAM installed. The hardware is identical. The 
> distributions are the difference.
>  
> I have attempted to follow the definition of VMALLOC_START to 
> ascertain if I could adjust it to get the VmallocTotal to the value I 
> want. I have been unsuccessful down this path.
>  
> I am looking for a system utility or something to configure to allow 
> the RHEL 4 system to increase its vmalloc space. I would prefer not to 
> have to recompile the kernel for this to work.
>  
>  
> Thank you for your help.
>  
> Bill
>  
>  
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This is defined in kernel code. there was a&nbsp; a way to do it from the
command line too.<br>
*<i>vmalloc=&lt;size&gt;* </i>You may try this command line option at
boot time.<br>
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Bill Snapko wrote:
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  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"><font face="Arial" size="2">Hello,</font></span></div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"><font face="Arial" size="2">I
am using a RedHat Enterprise WS v4 distribution.</font></span></div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"><font face="Arial" size="2">I
am looking to increase the value that is displayed by VmallocTotal
using `cat /proc/meminfo`. The value I currently have is
"VmallocTotal:&nbsp;&nbsp; 106488 kB". This is unacceptable for the current
situation.</font></span></div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"><font face="Arial" size="2">On
another system using a Fedora Core 3 distribution, the VmallocTotal
value is "VmallocTotal:&nbsp; 3612664 kB". This is what I want.</font></span></div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"><font face="Arial" size="2">Both
systems have 1GB RAM installed. The hardware is identical. The
distributions are the difference.</font></span></div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"><font face="Arial" size="2">I
have attempted to follow the definition of&nbsp;VMALLOC_START to ascertain
if I could adjust it to get the VmallocTotal to the value I want. I
have been unsuccessful down this path.</font></span></div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"><font face="Arial" size="2">I
am looking for a system utility or something to configure to allow the
RHEL 4 system to increase its vmalloc space. I would prefer not to have
to recompile the kernel for this to work.</font></span></div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"><font face="Arial" size="2">Thank
you for your help.</font></span></div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"></span>&nbsp;</div>
  <div><span class="202194014-28062006"><font face="Arial" size="2">Bill</font></span></div>
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