Bug #10487

Improve VM and OOM settings for erasing memory

Added by intrigeri 2015-11-05 03:29:44 . Updated 2016-01-27 13:31:50 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Target version:
Tails_2.0
Start date:
2015-11-05
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
bugfix/10487-improve-VM-and-OOM-settings-for-erasing-memory
Type of work:
Code
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Description

The test suite in feature/jessie has good reasons to set oom_kill_allocating_task to 0, and /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory to 0. These reasons probably apply as-is to local-includes/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/sdmem.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #9705: Update the memory erasure automated tests for Jessie Resolved 2015-07-08 2016-01-15
Related to Tails - Bug #9707: Jessie: System sometimes does not poweroff after memory erasure Rejected 2015-07-08
Related to Tails - Bug #10733: Run our initramfs memory erasure hook earlier Resolved 2015-12-09

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2015-11-05 03:29:57

  • related to Bug #9705: Update the memory erasure automated tests for Jessie added

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2015-12-07 17:43:10

  • related to Bug #9707: Jessie: System sometimes does not poweroff after memory erasure added

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2015-12-07 17:43:46

  • Feature Branch set to bugfix/10487-improve-VM-and-OOM-settings-for-erasing-memory

Giving it a try, wondering if this could help with Bug #9707.

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2015-12-07 20:07:58

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
  • % Done changed from 0 to 10

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2015-12-09 06:21:13

  • related to Bug #10733: Run our initramfs memory erasure hook earlier added

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2015-12-09 06:22:04

  • Assignee set to intrigeri
  • Target version set to Tails_2.0

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2015-12-09 13:04:34

  • Assignee changed from intrigeri to anonym
  • % Done changed from 10 to 50
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA

Please review, test and merge into feature/jessie.

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2015-12-18 10:15:50

  • Status changed from In Progress to Fix committed
  • Assignee deleted (anonym)
  • % Done changed from 50 to 100
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

This was merged today.

#10 Updated by anonym 2016-01-27 13:31:50

  • Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved