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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 23 |
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.rst index 582d3427de3f..a964aff373b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.rst @@ -125,3 +125,7 @@ to unfreeze all tasks in the container:: This is the basic mechanism which should do the right thing for user space task in a simple scenario. + +This freezer implementation is affected by shortcomings (see commit +76f969e8948d8 ("cgroup: cgroup v2 freezer")) and cgroup v2 freezer is +recommended. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst index 286d16fc22eb..02b8206a3594 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Brief summary of control files. used. memory.swappiness set/show swappiness parameter of vmscan (See sysctl's vm.swappiness) + Per memcg knob does not exist in cgroup v2. memory.move_charge_at_immigrate This knob is deprecated. memory.oom_control set/show oom controls. This knob is deprecated and shouldn't be diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index cb1b4e759b7e..f293a13b42ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1076,15 +1076,20 @@ cpufreq governor about the minimum desired frequency which should always be provided by a CPU, as well as the maximum desired frequency, which should not be exceeded by a CPU. -WARNING: cgroup2 doesn't yet support control of realtime processes. For -a kernel built with the CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED option enabled for group -scheduling of realtime processes, the cpu controller can only be enabled -when all RT processes are in the root cgroup. This limitation does -not apply if CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is disabled. Be aware that system -management software may already have placed RT processes into nonroot -cgroups during the system boot process, and these processes may need -to be moved to the root cgroup before the cpu controller can be enabled -with a CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED enabled kernel. +WARNING: cgroup2 cpu controller doesn't yet fully support the control of +realtime processes. For a kernel built with the CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED option +enabled for group scheduling of realtime processes, the cpu controller can only +be enabled when all RT processes are in the root cgroup. Be aware that system +management software may already have placed RT processes into non-root cgroups +during the system boot process, and these processes may need to be moved to the +root cgroup before the cpu controller can be enabled with a +CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED enabled kernel. + +With CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED disabled, this limitation does not apply and some of +the interface files either affect realtime processes or account for them. See +the following section for details. Only the cpu controller is affected by +CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED. Other controllers can be used for the resource control of +realtime processes irrespective of CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED. CPU Interface Files |