It has been running at least since 2018. I got that from the tail
=> /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run <== 0 ==> /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag <== [always] madvise never ==> /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled <== always madvise [never] ==> /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag <== [yes] no ==> /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode <== 0 On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 4:32 PM bruno da silva <brunogi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, I will check it out. > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 4:21 PM Justin Pryzby <pry...@telsasoft.com> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 03:59:30PM -0400, bruno da silva wrote: >> > OS/version: CentOS release 6.9 (Final) >> >> How are these set ? >> >> tail /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run >> /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/{defrag,enabled,khugepaged/defrag} >> /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode >> >> I suspect you may be suffering from issues with transparent huge pages. >> >> I suggest to disable KSM and THP, or upgrade to a newer OS. >> >> I've written before about these: >> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20170524155855.gh31...@telsasoft.com >> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20190625162338.gf18...@telsasoft.com >> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20170718180152.ge17...@telsasoft.com >> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20191004060300.ga11...@telsasoft.com >> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20200413144254.gs2...@telsasoft.com >> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20220329182453.ga28...@telsasoft.com >> >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 04:01:10PM -0400, bruno da silva wrote: >> > The issue started a month ago. >> >> Ok .. but how long has the DB been running under this environment ? >> >> -- >> Justin >> > > > -- > Bruno da Silva > -- Bruno da Silva