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The parent said "droplet" so I assume Digital Ocean. Unless you've installed the host yourself, from scratch, you can't be sure the option hasn't been changed.
by jlgaddis 9y ago
The parent said "droplet" so I assume Digital Ocean. Unless you've installed the host yourself, from scratch, you can't be sure the option hasn't been changed.
Makes me think that your setting is a default and his was set by Digital Ocean.
- icebraining 9y agoYes, I find it interesting that DO would change random kernel flags.
- aruggirello 9y agoI suspect settings actually depend on kernel version: 4.4 -> 'always', 4.11 -> 'madvise' Perhaps there are issues with 'madvise' in kernels prior to 4.11, so they chose 'always' rather than 'never'.
- aruggirello 9y agoNo, I have another Ubuntu 16.04 machine at home - same kernel version, same settings. He must have installed kernel 4.11 manually , because linux-image-generic currently pulls kernel 4.4.0-101-generic on 16.04; settings depend on kernel version.