Re:Re: PostgreSQL14.2 can not start because of huge_page_size is equal to 1048576

[类延良 <msdnchina@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks a lot for your reply!

huge_page_size parameter is PG 14 new parameter.

 the error is---“DETAIL:  huge_page_size must be 0 on this platform”。

my os is rhel linux ， in the linux platform ， is  there  no method to change huge_page_size  ？？？

but  in the pg14 documents，there is  some words about ---“Non-default settings are currently supported only on Linux”。

so ，I do not know  which one is correct

[root@localhost ~]# echo 2072 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages

[root@localhost ~]# cat /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages

2057

[root@localhost ~]# 

[root@localhost ~]# 

[root@localhost ~]# cd $PGDATA

[root@localhost data]# grep huge postgresql.conf

grep: postgresql.conf: No such file or directory

[root@localhost data]# su - pg142

Last login: Mon May  9 22:47:48 CST 2022 on pts/0

[pg142@localhost ~]$ cd $PGDATA

[pg142@localhost data]$ grep huge postgresql.conf 

huge_pages = try # on, off, or try

huge_page_size = 2048 # zero for system default

[pg142@localhost data]$ hugeadm --pool-list

      Size  Minimum  Current  Maximum  Default

   2097152     2057     2057     2057          ---->>>but  non-default hugepagesize is 2048KB

1073741824        3        3        3        *   ---->>>default hugepagesize is 1gb

[pg142@localhost data]$ pg_ctl start

waiting for server to start....2022-05-09 15:09:15.023 GMT [1733] LOG:  invalid value for parameter "huge_page_size": 2048

2022-05-09 15:09:15.023 GMT [1733] DETAIL:  huge_page_size must be 0 on this platform.

2022-05-09 23:09:15.023 CST [1733] FATAL:  configuration file "/home/pg142/data/postgresql.conf" contains errors

 stopped waiting

pg_ctl: could not start server

Examine the log output.

[pg142@localhost data]$ 

At 2022-05-09 22:09:20, "John Wiencek" <jwiencek3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Found this:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/kernel-resources.html#LINUX-HUGE-PAGES

See section:    19.4.5. Linux Huge Pages

"The default behavior for huge pages in PostgreSQL is to use them when possible, with the system's default huge page size, and to fall back to normal pages on failure. To enforce the use of huge pages, you can set huge_pages to on in postgresql.conf. Note that with this setting PostgreSQL will fail to start if not enough huge pages are available.”

On May 9, 2022, at 8:56 AM, 类延良 <msdnchina@xxxxxxx> wrote:

My rhel 7.9 enabled 1GB hugepagesize,and in this rhel7.9,there is a postgresql 14.2 (from compile installation).

[root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo |grep -i hugep

AnonHugePages:      8192 kB

HugePages_Total:       0

HugePages_Free:        0

HugePages_Rsvd:        0

HugePages_Surp:        0

Hugepagesize:    1048576 kB

[root@localhost ~]# hugeadm --pool-list

      Size  Minimum  Current  Maximum  Default

1073741824        0        0        0        *

[root@localhost ~]# 

after I change pg parameter huge_page_size to 1048576， I can not start PostgreSQL 14.2 . the following is the error,

[pg142@localhost data]$ grep huge postgresql.conf

#huge_pages = try # on, off, or try

huge_page_size = 1048576 # zero for system default

[pg142@localhost data]$ pg_ctl start

waiting for server to start....2022-05-09 04:36:58.220 GMT [1719] LOG:  invalid value for parameter "huge_page_size": 1048576

2022-05-09 04:36:58.220 GMT [1719] DETAIL:  huge_page_size must be 0 on this platform.

2022-05-09 12:36:58.220 CST [1719] FATAL:  configuration file "/home/pg142/data/postgresql.conf" contains errors

 stopped waiting

pg_ctl: could not start server

Examine the log output.

[pg142@localhost data]$ 

I want to know why ？