# Make vm.overcommit_memory=1 durable on ana-ml2 (GPU inference host). # # Why: ana-ml2 runs vm.overcommit_memory=0 (heuristic) with zero swap, so the # CommitLimit is ~RAM/2 (~283 GB of 566 GB). The resident vLLM services already # commit ~224 GB of address space, leaving < 60 GB of headroom. A large model-file # mmap (e.g. the 50 GB NVFP4 shard during HF->native conversion, or a vLLM model # load) then fails with ENOMEM despite ~393 GB of RAM actually being free — the # kernel rejects the *commit*, not the allocation. # # overcommit_memory=1 (always overcommit) is the conventional setting for ML hosts # that mmap large files: the real RAM is there to back the pages, and the heuristic # accounting is the only thing in the way. Operator-directed permanent + durable # (2026-06-17). A drop-in under /etc/sysctl.d/ applies at every boot. # # Run: scripts/elway infra-ops@ana-ml2 --playbook playbooks/ana-ml2-overcommit-memory.yaml # Rerunnable: a second run shows the write step `skipped` (idempotent via when:). vars: dropin: /etc/sysctl.d/99-overcommit-memory.conf setting: "vm.overcommit_memory = 1" steps: - name: Write durable overcommit sysctl drop-in # elway runs steps as the SSH user, so a shell `>` redirect can't write a # root-owned path — pipe through `sudo tee` (infra-ops has NOPASSWD sudo). shell: | printf '# GPU inference host: large model-file mmaps (NVFP4 native convert, vLLM loads)\n# exceed the heuristic CommitLimit (overcommit=0 + zero swap) despite ample free RAM.\n# Operator-directed permanent setting 2026-06-17.\n%s\n' '{{ setting }}' | sudo tee {{ dropin }} >/dev/null # Skip the write if the drop-in already holds exactly this line. when: "! grep -qxF '{{ setting }}' {{ dropin }} 2>/dev/null" - name: Apply all sysctl drop-ins now shell: sudo sysctl --system >/dev/null # Applying is a no-op when the runtime value already matches. changed_when: "false" verify: - name: Runtime vm.overcommit_memory is 1 shell: test "$(cat /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory)" = "1" changed_when: "false" - name: Drop-in file persists the setting (survives reboot) shell: grep -qxF '{{ setting }}' {{ dropin }} changed_when: "false"