Merge lp:~vila/otto/update-setup-instructions into lp:otto

Proposed by Vincent Ladeuil
Status: Merged
Merged at revision: 259
Proposed branch: lp:~vila/otto/update-setup-instructions
Merge into: lp:otto
Diff against target: 20 lines (+9/-1)
1 file modified
doc/README (+9/-1)
To merge this branch: bzr merge lp:~vila/otto/update-setup-instructions
Reviewer Review Type Date Requested Status
Otto Developers Pending
Review via email: mp+193201@code.launchpad.net

Commit message

Rationale for memory limits in production.

Description of the change

As mentioned in a previous review, there is a strong requirement to configure memory limits in production.

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5 from the package 'nvidia-current' you'll have to enable (or add if it doesn't
6 exists) the component 'restricted' in /etc/apt/sources.list on the host and
7 the guest
8-
9+
10+= Memory limits, why ? =
11+
12+Configuring memory limits is required in production to keep control of the
13+machines if a test goes crazy. It occurred a lot during Saucy cycle due to
14+memory fragmentation caused by recordmydesktop on long running testsuite
15+like Unity. Without this directive OOM killer simply kills anything on the
16+machine instead of just processes in the container.
17+
18 = Origin of the name =
19 This tool has originally been written to replace UTAH [1] to run autopilot [2]
20 tests of Ubuntu Unity and other stacks running with Unity. The name "Otto"

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