I've set some custom parameters in /etc/sysctl.conf which doesn't get read by sysctl on boot despite sysctl service available on the boot runlevel, I even tried addng it to the default runlevel. Parameters get read when restarting the service manually. However adding /etc/init.d/sysctl restart to the local startup script doesn't work. Reproducible: Always
always post `emerge --info` with all your bug reports run `/etc/init.d/sysctl --debug restart >& log` and post the log as an attachment post your /etc/sysctl.conf file as well
That's the problem, if service is restarted manually it works. I'll try this in the local.d/* files. sysctl.conf - net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 vm.swappiness=60 vm.dirty_background_ratio=5 vm.dirty_ratio=3 vm.dirty_expire_centisecs=500 Portage 2.2.0_alpha53 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.12.2-r0, 3.0.4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.0.4-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual-Core_Processor_TK-55-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.1-r1, 3.1.3-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.4-r1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.8.3-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-libs/glibc: 2.12.2 Repositories: gentoo sunrise proaudio x11 mozilla sardemff7 my-tree Installed sets: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -floop-interchange -floop-strip-mine -floop-block -fgraphite-identity" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -floop-interchange -floop-strip-mine -floop-block -fgraphite-identity" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=n --complete-graph --binpkg-respect-use=y" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs candy distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" 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share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" 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Can you enable logging in rc.conf and attach that from a boot as well please?
The problem appears to be more fundamental, setting sysctl -p in local.d scripts does not change the kernel parameter, although there's output from sysctl on tty0 that is has set the parameter.
run it through strace: strace -o /tmp/log sysctl ...
Created attachment 289443 [details] sysctl strace
looks to me like sysctl worked. are you saying that after that, your sysctl settings did not get updated ? i need to see the strace of a failed sysctl run ... ... open("/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4 fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb998aa8000 write(4, "1\n", 2) = 2 close(4) = 0 munmap(0x7fb998aa8000, 4096) = 0 write(1, "net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1\n", 32) = 32 ...
This trace was generated from the failed sysctl -p which didn't change kernel parameters. Right now after it's run in from local init scripts, the parameters remain the same - sysctl vm.dirty_ratio vm.dirty_ratio = 10 I had set it to 5. You might like to have a look at the various runlevels - NetworkManager | default bootmisc | boot consolefont | boot consolekit | default devfs | sysinit dmesg | sysinit fsck | boot hostname | boot hwclock | boot keymaps | boot killprocs | shutdown local | default nonetwork localmount | boot mount-ro | shutdown mtab | boot procfs | boot root | boot savecache | shutdown swap | boot sysctl | boot termencoding | boot udev | sysinit udev-postmount | default urandom | boot
Ok, if this sequence shows that the sysctl variable is not changing, that's something wrong with your kernel, NOT openrc. # sysctl -w vm.dirty_ratio=5 # sysctl vm.dirty_ratio # sysctl -w vm.dirty_ratio=10 # sysctl vm.dirty_ratio
Yes, it works - sysctl -p net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 vm.swappiness = 60 vm.dirty_background_ratio = 5 vm.dirty_ratio = 3 vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 500 These are not the defaults. For your e.g. - OLD_BROKEN_LAP de # sysctl -w vm.dirty_ratio=5 vm.dirty_ratio = 5 OLD_BROKEN_LAP de # sysctl vm.dirty_ratio vm.dirty_ratio = 5 OLD_BROKEN_LAP de # sysctl -w vm.dirty_ratio=10 vm.dirty_ratio = 10 OLD_BROKEN_LAP de # sysctl vm.dirty_ratio vm.dirty_ratio = 10 OLD_BROKEN_LAP de # sysctl -p net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 vm.swappiness = 60 vm.dirty_background_ratio = 5 vm.dirty_ratio = 3 vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 500 OLD_BROKEN_LAP de # sysctl vm.dirty_ratio vm.dirty_ratio = 3
your strace shows that it's working fine, and it shows that you set it to "3", not "5". open("/proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4 fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fb998aa8000 write(4, "3\n", 2) = 2 close(4) = 0 munmap(0x7fb998aa8000, 4096) = 0 write(1, "vm.dirty_ratio = 3\n", 19) = 19 do *all* of the sysctl knobs that you tweak from the default fail to keep their value ? or is it only some ? maybe something else on your system is changing the values after sysctl runs ?
This's a kdm issue. When a user logs in, it resets the kernel parameters to defaults.
(In reply to comment #12) > This's a kdm issue. When a user logs in, it resets the kernel parameters to > defaults. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285254 Well upstream says no... The only thing that could go that far into kernel settings imho would be graphics drivers.
I'm gonna try this out on other distros.
*** Bug 452630 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
But I filed those bugs, and they got closed. Anyway, if I'm the only one facing this problem, then no use reopening. I've the workarounds.
