DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / 970 - DB2

DB2 is intending to use the MADV_REMOVE flag on Linux to 
decommit memory with the madvise() API, but instead is falling 
back to a weaker MADV_DONTNEED flag.  This is due to an 
incorrect attempt to use MADV_REMOVE with memory mapped stack 
memory. 
 
As a result, DB2's shared memory is not being decommitted, but 
only unmapped.  Memory is not being released dynamically by DB2 
as expected and is also highly eligible for paging out, which 
can later result in performance degradation on page-ins if DB2 
wants to reuse the memory.  STMM will also not account for this 
memory in its target calculations, since it appears in memory 
statistics as though it were clean file cache pages, and 
available for other use.  This leads to memory overcommitment in 
STMM-tuned environments. 
 
Please note that vm.swappiness should be set to 0 for DB2 
systems, otherwise this may result in system swapping when there 
is no memory overcommitment.

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* USERS AFFECTED:                                              * 
* All DB2/Linux systems                                        * 
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         * 
* See Error Description                                        * 
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              * 
* Upgrade to DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 5 or higher              * 
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DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 6 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 8 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 9a for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 10 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 

Problem first fixed in DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 5

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Vorgänger  : APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: IC78091 
Nachfolger : 

Datum - Problem gemeldet    :
Datum - Problem geschlossen :
Datum - der letzten Änderung:

31.07.2011
22.12.2011
22.12.2011

9.7.FP5