- Add 'retune' verb to ksmtuned init script

ksmtuned

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 # make ksm work harder and harder untill memory load falls below that
 # threshold.
 #
+# send SIGUSR1 to this process right after a new qemu process is started, or
+# following its death, to retune ksm accordingly
+#
 # needs testing and ironing. contact danken@redhat.com if something breaks.
 
 if [ -f /etc/ksmtuned.conf ]; then
@@ -105,10 +108,16 @@ adjust () {
     return 0
 }
 
+function nothing () {
+    :
+}
+
 loop () {
+    trap nothing SIGUSR1
     while true
     do
-        sleep $KSM_MONITOR_INTERVAL
+        sleep $KSM_MONITOR_INTERVAL &
+        wait $!
         adjust
     done
 }

ksmtuned.init

@@ -75,8 +75,11 @@ case "$1" in
   condrestart)
 	condrestart
 	;;
+  retune)
+        kill -SIGUSR1 `cat ${pidfile}`
+        RETVAL=$?
   *)
-	echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status|help}"
+	echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status|retune|help}"
 	RETVAL=3
 esac
 

qemu.spec

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator
 Name: qemu
 Version: 0.11.0
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 # Epoch because we pushed a qemu-1.0 package
 Epoch: 2
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and BSD
@@ -534,6 +534,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/qemu-img.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct  6 2009 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> - 2:0.11.0-5
+- Add 'retune' verb to ksmtuned init script
+
 * Mon Oct  5 2009 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> - 2:0.11.0-4
 - Use rtl8029 PXE rom for ne2k_pci, not ne (#526777)
 - Also, replace the gpxe-roms-qemu pkg requires with file-based requires