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procps package

sysctl -p doesn't work on vm.dirty_background_bytes = 0

Bug #821603 reported by Removed by request on 2011-08-05

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	procps (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 dev. For example set vm.dirty_background_bytes to 1048676, execute "sysctl -p" and then check the value with "sysctl -a | grep 'vm\.'". vm.dirty_background_bytes is now set to 1048676 as expected. But if vm.dirty_background_bytes is now set to 0, "sysctl -p" is executed and the value is checked with "sysctl -a | grep 'vm\.'" it still shows 1048676 instead of 0.
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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: procps 1:3.2.8-10ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
Tags: oneiric
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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komputes (komputes) wrote on 2011-08-05:

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affects:	ubuntu → procps (Ubuntu)
Changed in procps (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Removed by request (removed3425744) wrote on 2011-08-05: Dependencies.txt

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description:	updated
Changed in procps (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → New

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Peter Cordes (peter-cordes) wrote on 2013-11-26:

Did you try setting it to a non-zero value other than the default, if 1048676 was the default? Also, did you check that the value isn't getting overwritten by a later line in the same or a later config file in /etc/sysctl.d?

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Removed by request (removed3425744) wrote on 2013-11-26:

> Did you try setting it to a non-zero value other than the default, if 1048676 was the default?

I have tried this now and it behaves like 0.

> Also, did you check that the value isn't getting overwritten by a later line in the same or a later config file in /etc/sysctl.d?

Yes, sysctl is even telling me that it wanted to apply 0:

root@ubuntu:~# sysctl -p
vm.dirty_background_bytes = 0
root@ubuntu:~# sysctl -a | grep 'vm\.dirty_background_bytes'
vm.dirty_background_bytes = 1048576