I want to make "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run" persistent between boots. I know that I can edit /etc/sysctl.conf to make /proc filesystem changes persist, but this doesn't seem to work for /sys. How would I make this change survive reboots?
asked Nov 25, 2011 at 23:54
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Debian has the package sysfsutils which has an init.d script that can apply settings to /sys based on the configuration in /etc/sysfs.conf.
The init script has an @debian.org author, so I suspect that this is debian-specific and may not have made it to other non-Debian distributions. However, all the logic is contained in the init script, so you could quite easily grab that package, extract the script and use it on your system.
Most distros have some sort of an rc.local script that you could use. Check your distro as names and path may vary. Normally expect to look under /etc.
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1This is what I ended up doing, though @camh 's answer allowed me to google for this.
sysfs.confobviously doesn't exist on arch Nov 28, 2011 at 0:29 -
sysfsutils is packaged in AUR, but it seems that the sysfs.conf functionality is a debian patch that has not been upstreamed.– clackeOct 17, 2013 at 9:53
/etc/sysctl.conf is read by one of your init scripts. This is somewhat distribution-dependent; on Debian, it's /etc/init.d/procps. Debian doesn't have anything like this for settings under /sys in its default installation (there's the sysfsutils package if you want it though). If your distribution doesn't either, write an init script of your own.
(Note that /etc/sysctl.conf doesn't make /proc/sys persistent: if you set something in /proc/sys, it isn't saved in /etc/sysctl.conf.)
answered Nov 26, 2011 at 0:00
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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1@xenoterracide Not for
/procbut for sysctl values, which are exposed in/proc/sys. Nov 28, 2011 at 0:33 -
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