I'm having trouble figuring out how to disable transparent hugepages without a reboot:
># uname -a
Linux ip-10-214-7-159 3.2.0-36-virtual #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 22:04:49 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
># grep TRANSPARENT /boot/config-3.2.0-36-virtual
CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
# CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_ALWAYS is not set
CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_MADVISE=y
># echo never > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
bash: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled: No such file or directory