performing the tasks in check mode

automation/roles/pre-checks/tasks/huge_pages.yml

@@ -18,24 +18,6 @@
             | first | default('128MB'))
           }}
 
-    - name: "HugePages | Get Hugepagesize value from /proc/meminfo"
-      ansible.builtin.command: "awk '/Hugepagesize/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo"
-      changed_when: false
-      register: huge_page_size
-
-    - name: "Debug | Hugepagesize command result"
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        var: huge_page_size
-
-    - name: "HugePages | Get HugePages_Total value from /proc/meminfo"
-      ansible.builtin.command: "awk '/HugePages_Total/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo"
-      changed_when: false
-      register: huge_pages_total
-
-    - name: "Debug | HugePages_Total command result"
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        var: huge_pages_total
-
     - name: "HugePages | Set variable: shared_buffers_gb"
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         shared_buffers_gb: "{{ (shared_buffers_value | int) // 1024 }}"
@@ -55,6 +37,22 @@
       when:
         - (shared_buffers_gb | default(0) | int) < (min_shared_buffers_gb | default(8) | int)
 
+    - name: "HugePages | Get Hugepagesize value from /proc/meminfo"
+      ansible.builtin.command: "awk '/Hugepagesize/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo"
+      changed_when: false
+      check_mode: true
+      register: huge_page_size
+      when:
+        - shared_buffers_gb | default(0) | int >= (min_shared_buffers_gb | default(8))
+
+    - name: "HugePages | Get HugePages_Total value from /proc/meminfo"
+      ansible.builtin.command: "awk '/HugePages_Total/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo"
+      changed_when: false
+      check_mode: true
+      register: huge_pages_total
+      when:
+        - shared_buffers_gb | default(0) | int >= (min_shared_buffers_gb | default(8))
+
     - name: "HugePages | Calculate required HugePages"
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         huge_pages_required: >-