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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -0800 |
| commit | 275220f0fcff1adf28a717076e00f575edf05fda (patch) | |
| tree | d249bccc80c64443dab211639050c4fb14332648 /Documentation/cgroups | |
| parent | fe3c560b8a22cb28e54fe8950abef38e88d75831 (diff) | |
| parent | 81c5e2ae33c4b19e53966b427e33646bf6811830 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (43 commits)
block: ensure that completion error gets properly traced
blktrace: add missing probe argument to block_bio_complete
block cfq: don't use atomic_t for cfq_group
block cfq: don't use atomic_t for cfq_queue
block: trace event block fix unassigned field
block: add internal hd part table references
block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges
kref: add kref_test_and_get
bio-integrity: mark kintegrityd_wq highpri and CPU intensive
block: make kblockd_workqueue smarter
Revert "sd: implement sd_check_events()"
block: Clean up exit_io_context() source code.
Fix compile warnings due to missing removal of a 'ret' variable
fs/block: type signature of major_to_index(int) to major_to_index(unsigned)
block: convert !IS_ERR(p) && p to !IS_ERR_NOR_NULL(p)
cfq-iosched: don't check cfqg in choose_service_tree()
fs/splice: Pull buf->ops->confirm() from splice_from_pipe actors
cdrom: export cdrom_check_events()
sd: implement sd_check_events()
sr: implement sr_check_events()
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cgroups')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt index d6da611f8f63..4ed7b5ceeed2 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt @@ -89,6 +89,33 @@ Throttling/Upper Limit policy Limits for writes can be put using blkio.write_bps_device file. +Hierarchical Cgroups +==================== +- Currently none of the IO control policy supports hierarhical groups. But + cgroup interface does allow creation of hierarhical cgroups and internally + IO policies treat them as flat hierarchy. + + So this patch will allow creation of cgroup hierarhcy but at the backend + everything will be treated as flat. So if somebody created a hierarchy like + as follows. + + root + / \ + test1 test2 + | + test3 + + CFQ and throttling will practically treat all groups at same level. + + pivot + / | \ \ + root test1 test2 test3 + + Down the line we can implement hierarchical accounting/control support + and also introduce a new cgroup file "use_hierarchy" which will control + whether cgroup hierarchy is viewed as flat or hierarchical by the policy.. + This is how memory controller also has implemented the things. + Various user visible config options =================================== CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP |