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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index 86311c2907cd..69af2173555f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -533,10 +533,12 @@ cgroup namespace on namespace creation. Because the resource control interface files in a given directory control the distribution of the parent's resources, the delegatee shouldn't be allowed to write to them. For the first method, this is -achieved by not granting access to these files. For the second, the -kernel rejects writes to all files other than "cgroup.procs" and -"cgroup.subtree_control" on a namespace root from inside the -namespace. +achieved by not granting access to these files. For the second, files +outside the namespace should be hidden from the delegatee by the means +of at least mount namespacing, and the kernel rejects writes to all +files on a namespace root from inside the cgroup namespace, except for +those files listed in "/sys/kernel/cgroup/delegate" (including +"cgroup.procs", "cgroup.threads", "cgroup.subtree_control", etc.). The end results are equivalent for both delegation types. Once delegated, the user can build sub-hierarchy under the directory, @@ -981,6 +983,14 @@ All cgroup core files are prefixed with "cgroup." A dying cgroup can consume system resources not exceeding limits, which were active at the moment of cgroup deletion. + nr_subsys_<cgroup_subsys> + Total number of live cgroup subsystems (e.g memory + cgroup) at and beneath the current cgroup. + + nr_dying_subsys_<cgroup_subsys> + Total number of dying cgroup subsystems (e.g. memory + cgroup) at and beneath the current cgroup. + cgroup.freeze A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. Allowed values are "0" and "1". The default is "0". @@ -1333,11 +1343,14 @@ The following nested keys are defined. all the existing limitations and potential future extensions. memory.peak - A read-only single value file which exists on non-root - cgroups. + A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. + + The max memory usage recorded for the cgroup and its descendants since + either the creation of the cgroup or the most recent reset for that FD. - The max memory usage recorded for the cgroup and its - descendants since the creation of the cgroup. + A write of any non-empty string to this file resets it to the + current memory usage for subsequent reads through the same + file descriptor. memory.oom.group A read-write single value file which exists on non-root @@ -1614,6 +1627,25 @@ The following nested keys are defined. Usually because failed to allocate some continuous swap space for the huge page. + numa_pages_migrated (npn) + Number of pages migrated by NUMA balancing. + + numa_pte_updates (npn) + Number of pages whose page table entries are modified by + NUMA balancing to produce NUMA hinting faults on access. + + numa_hint_faults (npn) + Number of NUMA hinting faults. + + pgdemote_kswapd + Number of pages demoted by kswapd. + + pgdemote_direct + Number of pages demoted directly. + + pgdemote_khugepaged + Number of pages demoted by khugepaged. + memory.numa_stat A read-only nested-keyed file which exists on non-root cgroups. @@ -1663,11 +1695,14 @@ The following nested keys are defined. Healthy workloads are not expected to reach this limit. memory.swap.peak - A read-only single value file which exists on non-root - cgroups. + A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. + + The max swap usage recorded for the cgroup and its descendants since + the creation of the cgroup or the most recent reset for that FD. - The max swap usage recorded for the cgroup and its - descendants since the creation of the cgroup. + A write of any non-empty string to this file resets it to the + current memory usage for subsequent reads through the same + file descriptor. memory.swap.max A read-write single value file which exists on non-root @@ -1717,9 +1752,10 @@ The following nested keys are defined. entries fault back in or are written out to disk. memory.zswap.writeback - A read-write single value file. The default value is "1". The - initial value of the root cgroup is 1, and when a new cgroup is - created, it inherits the current value of its parent. + A read-write single value file. The default value is "1". + Note that this setting is hierarchical, i.e. the writeback would be + implicitly disabled for child cgroups if the upper hierarchy + does so. When this is set to 0, all swapping attempts to swapping devices are disabled. This included both zswap writebacks, and swapping due @@ -1730,6 +1766,8 @@ The following nested keys are defined. Note that this is subtly different from setting memory.swap.max to 0, as it still allows for pages to be written to the zswap pool. + This setting has no effect if zswap is disabled, and swapping + is allowed unless memory.swap.max is set to 0. memory.pressure A read-only nested-keyed file. @@ -2939,8 +2977,8 @@ Deprecated v1 Core Features - "cgroup.clone_children" is removed. -- /proc/cgroups is meaningless for v2. Use "cgroup.controllers" file - at the root instead. +- /proc/cgroups is meaningless for v2. Use "cgroup.controllers" or + "cgroup.stat" files at the root instead. Issues with v1 and Rationales for v2 |