sysctl: do not restore zero dirty_*_bytes values - #882
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The kernel rejects writing 0 to vm.dirty_bytes (and vm.dirty_background_bytes) with EINVAL, because those sysctls are mutually exclusive with the corresponding *_ratio knobs. A stored original of 0 means the ratio was active; skip that restore instead of logging a red-herring ERROR. Resolves: RHEL-212717 Signed-off-by: Pranav Dwivedi <dwivedipranav2021@gmail.com>
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WalkthroughThe sysctl plugin identifies dirty-byte options that reject zero values during rollback. Static rollback logs and skips those settings when their value is zero. Other settings use the existing restore path. ChangesSysctl rollback handling
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The rollback path can leave a nonzero dirty-byte setting active when a profile is removed or recovery occurs, because the active ratio is not restored in that case. Rollback is therefore incorrect and the PR is not ready to merge until counterpart restoration is preserved. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@tuned/plugins/plugin_sysctl.py`:
- Around line 120-124: Update the rollback logic around _is_zero_dirty_bytes so
a zero original byte setting does not cause the only restoration to be skipped:
schedule and restore the corresponding vm.dirty_ratio or
vm.dirty_background_ratio value, matching the counterpart handling in
plugin_vm.py, or only continue when that counterpart is already scheduled for
restoration.
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| if self._is_zero_dirty_bytes(option, value): | ||
| log.info("Not restoring '%s' to '%s', kernel rejects zero; " | ||
| "the counterpart ratio sysctl is the active setting." | ||
| % (option, value)) | ||
| continue |
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Preserve the active ratio during rollback.
If a profile configures only vm.dirty_bytes or vm.dirty_background_bytes, Lines 75-91 store the original 0 only for the byte option. This continue then discards the only restore action, leaving the tuned nonzero byte value active after unapply or crash recovery.
Mirror the counterpart handling in tuned/plugins/plugin_vm.py, Lines 199-244: store vm.dirty_ratio or vm.dirty_background_ratio when the original byte value is zero, then restore that counterpart. Alternatively, skip the byte value only when its counterpart is also scheduled for restoration.
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In `@tuned/plugins/plugin_sysctl.py` around lines 120 - 124, Update the rollback
logic around _is_zero_dirty_bytes so a zero original byte setting does not cause
the only restoration to be skipped: schedule and restore the corresponding
vm.dirty_ratio or vm.dirty_background_ratio value, matching the counterpart
handling in plugin_vm.py, or only continue when that counterpart is already
scheduled for restoration.
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Summary
vm.dirty_bytes/vm.dirty_background_bytes.Resolves: RHEL-212717
Test plan
throughput-performancethat setsvm.dirty_bytes/vm.dirty_background_bytesunder[sysctl].systemctl restart tunedand confirm/var/log/tuned/tuned.loghas no ERROR for/proc/sys/vm/dirty_bytes.[vm]plugin still restoresdirty_ratioas before.