Failed to memlock pages, error: 12 (Cannot allocate memory): Proper LockPagesInMainMemory Option On Linux (Doc ID 1953033.1)

Last updated on MARCH 26, 2020

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Goal

 Even if LockPagesInMainMemory is set to 1 or 2 and the system has sufficient RAM, it fails to lock memory pages with errno 12. In such case, a warning like below is logged in a data node's node log (e.g. ndb_1_out.log).

This indicates that mlockall(2) system call was failed due to insufficient memory which can be locked. 

Solution

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