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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt index ff49cf901148..bdc6773277be 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt @@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ strongly discouraged for production use. It is recommended to decide the hierarchies and controller associations before starting using the controllers after system boot. +During transition to v2, system management software might still +automount the v1 cgroup filesystem and so hijack all controllers +during boot, before manual intervention is possible. To make testing +and experimenting easier, the kernel parameter cgroup_no_v1= allows +disabling controllers in v1 and make them always available in v2. + 2-2. Organizing Processes @@ -843,6 +849,15 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. Amount of memory used to cache filesystem data, including tmpfs and shared memory. + kernel_stack + + Amount of memory allocated to kernel stacks. + + slab + + Amount of memory used for storing in-kernel data + structures. + sock Amount of memory used in network transmission buffers @@ -871,6 +886,16 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. on the internal memory management lists used by the page reclaim algorithm + slab_reclaimable + + Part of "slab" that might be reclaimed, such as + dentries and inodes. + + slab_unreclaimable + + Part of "slab" that cannot be reclaimed on memory + pressure. + pgfault Total number of page faults incurred @@ -896,7 +921,7 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. limit, anonymous meomry of the cgroup will not be swapped out. -5-2-2. General Usage +5-2-2. Usage Guidelines "memory.high" is the main mechanism to control memory usage. Over-committing on high limit (sum of high limits > available memory) @@ -1368,6 +1393,12 @@ system than killing the group. Otherwise, memory.max is there to limit this type of spillover and ultimately contain buggy or even malicious applications. +Setting the original memory.limit_in_bytes below the current usage was +subject to a race condition, where concurrent charges could cause the +limit setting to fail. memory.max on the other hand will first set the +limit to prevent new charges, and then reclaim and OOM kill until the +new limit is met - or the task writing to memory.max is killed. + The combined memory+swap accounting and limiting is replaced by real control over swap space. |