#!/usr/bin/env bash set -euo pipefail warning="WARNING:" info="INFO:" kernel_config="/proc/config.gz" sysctl_ref="(see \`man 5 sysctl.conf\`, \`man 5 sysctl.d\` or \`man 8 sysctl\` for reference)" check_root() { if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then echo "Use this script as an unprivileged user." exit 1 fi } check_filesystems() { local mount_points=() local mount_point_data=() local what="" local where="" local type="" local options="" mapfile -t mount_points < <( mount |grep -E "^/dev" ) for mount_point in "${mount_points[@]}"; do mapfile -d " " -t mount_point_data < <( echo "${mount_point}" ) what="${mount_point_data[0]}" where="${mount_point_data[2]}" type="${mount_point_data[4]}" options="${mount_point_data[5]}" if [[ "$options" != *relatime* ]] && [[ "$options" != *noatime* ]]; then echo "$warning $what mounted on $where (type $type) should use the relatime mount option for performance." fi if [[ "$type" == *fuse* ]] || [[ "$type" == *reiserfs* ]] || [[ "$type" == *vfat* ]]; then echo "$info $what mounted on $where (type $type) is not a good filesystem for large files or realtime use." fi done } check_groups() { local groups="" groups=$(groups) if [[ "$groups" != *audio* ]]; then echo "$warning Add your user to the audio group. It's used for access to audio devices on most distros." fi if [[ "$groups" != *realtime* ]]; then echo "$info Some distributions use the realtime group for elevated resource limits." fi } check_ulimits() { local limits_ref="(see \`man limits.conf\` for reference)" if [[ "$(ulimit -t)" != "unlimited" ]]; then echo "$warning The CPU limit for your user is not unlimited $limits_ref." fi if [[ "$(ulimit -l)" != "unlimited" ]]; then echo "$warning The locked-in-memory limit for your user is not unlimited $limits_ref." fi if [ "$(ulimit -r)" -le 50 ]; then echo "$warning The maximum rt priority for your user ($(ulimit -r)) is very low. Consider increasing it up to 98 $limits_ref." fi } check_vm_swappiness() { local minimum=10 local proc_file="/proc/sys/vm/swappiness" if [ "$(cat "$proc_file")" -gt $minimum ]; then echo "$warning Consider decreasing 'vm.swappiness<=$minimum' to prevent early write to swap $sysctl_ref." fi } check_max_user_watches() { local minimum=524288 local proc_file="/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches" if [ "$(cat "$proc_file")" -lt $minimum ]; then echo "$warning Consider increasing 'fs.inotify.max_user_watches>$minimum' - the maximum amount of files inotify can watch $sysctl_ref" fi } check_cpu_governor() { local cpupower_ref="(see \`man cpupower\` for reference)" local governor="" local policy_no="" local cpu_no="" for governor_file in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy*/scaling_governor; do governor="$(cat "$governor_file")" policy_no="$(echo "$governor_file"| cut -d'/' -f7)" cpu_no="${policy_no//policy}" if [[ "$governor" != "performance" ]]; then echo "$warning CPU $cpu_no has governor $governor set. Set it to 'performance' $cpupower_ref." fi done } check_config_high_res_timers() { local config="CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y" local config_ref="(see \`man 7 time\` for reference)" if [ -e "${kernel_config}" ]; then if ! zgrep -q "$config" "$kernel_config"; then echo "$warning CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS needs to be activated for your kernel $config_ref." fi else echo "$warning $kernel_config could not be found or accessed." fi } check_config_no_hz() { local config1="CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y" local config2="CONFIG_NO_HZ=y" local config_ref="(see https://elinux.org/Kernel_Timer_Systems#Dynamic_ticks for reference)" if [ -e "${kernel_config}" ]; then if ! zgrep -q "$config1" "$kernel_config"; then echo "$warning $config1 needs to be set for your kernel for 'dynamic ticks' support $config_ref." fi if ! zgrep -q "$config2" "$kernel_config"; then echo "$warning $config2 needs to be set for your kernel for 'dynamic ticks' support $config_ref." fi else echo "$warning $kernel_config could not be found or accessed." fi } check_config_preempt_rt() { local config1="CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y" local config2="CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL=y" local config_ref="(see https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/realtime for reference)" if [ -e "${kernel_config}" ]; then if ! zgrep -q "$config1" "$kernel_config" && ! zgrep -q "$config2" "$kernel_config"; then echo "$warning The PREEMPT_RT patch set is not available on your kernel $config_ref." fi else echo "$warning $kernel_config could not be found or accessed." fi } check_config_irq_forced_threading() { local config1="CONFIG_PREEMPT=y" local config2="CONFIG_IRQ_FORCED_THREADING=y" local config_ref="(see https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.html for reference)" if [ -e "${kernel_config}" ]; then if zgrep -q "$config2" "$kernel_config"; then if ! zgrep -q "$config1" "$kernel_config" && ! grep -q "threadirqs" /proc/cmdline; then echo "$warning Without $config1 on your kernel, you can still use the threadirqs kernel parameter $config_ref." fi else echo "$warning Use a kernel with $config2 $config_ref." fi else echo "$warning $kernel_config could not be found or accessed." fi } check_legacy_timers() { local hpet_file="/dev/hpet" local rtc_file="/dev/rtc0" local hpet_ref="(see https://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/system_configuration#timers for reference)" if [ ! -w "$hpet_file" ]; then echo "$info $hpet_file is not writable by your user. Some legacy software requires it $hpet_ref." fi if [ ! -w "$rtc_file" ]; then echo "$info $rtc_file is not writable by your user. Some legacy software requires it $hpet_ref." fi } check_cpu_dma_latency() { local dev_file="/dev/cpu_dma_latency" if [ ! -w "$dev_file" ]; then echo "$warning $dev_file needs to be writable by your user to prevent deep CPU sleep states." fi } check_coupled_interrupts() { local interrupts=() local interrupt_delim=", " local interrupt_number="" local interrupt_ref="(see \`cat /proc/interrupts\` for more and consider using rtirq)" mapfile -t interrupts < <( cat /proc/interrupts ) for interrupt_line in "${interrupts[@]}"; do interrupt_number="$(echo "$interrupt_line"| cut -d':' -f1)" if [[ "$interrupt_line" == *"$interrupt_delim"* ]]; then echo "$warning IRQ$interrupt_number has coupled interrupts $interrupt_ref." fi done } check_irqbalance() { if pgrep -i irqbalance >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "$warning The irqbalance service is running on your system. It might interfere, so consider disabling it." fi } check_for_useful_tools() { local tools=( cyclictest htop iostat iotop rtirq schedtool tuna ) for tool in "${tools[@]}";do if ! command -v "$tool" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "$info Consider installing and using $tool." fi done } check_root check_filesystems check_groups check_ulimits check_max_user_watches check_legacy_timers check_vm_swappiness check_cpu_governor check_cpu_dma_latency check_config_high_res_timers check_config_no_hz check_config_preempt_rt check_config_irq_forced_threading check_coupled_interrupts check_irqbalance check_for_useful_tools