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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-18 11:10:49 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-18 11:10:49 -0400 |
commit | d6a24d0640d609138a4e40a4ce9fd9fe7859e24c (patch) | |
tree | aa40fb7f5d03dc605634fb4030afd8798bd6bc0b /Documentation/cgroups | |
parent | 1f5014d6a77513fa7cefe30eb7791d5856c04384 (diff) | |
parent | 197175427a221fe3200f7727ea35e261727e7228 (diff) |
Merge tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"Numerous fixes, the overdue removal of the i2o docs, some new Chinese
translations, and, hopefully, the README fix that will end the flow of
identical patches to that file"
* tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (34 commits)
Documentation/memcg: update memcg/kmem status
Documentation: blackfin: Makefile: Typo building issue
Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt: correct location of page-types tool
Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: typo fix
doc: Add guest_nice column to example output of `cat /proc/stat'
Documentation/kernel-parameters: Move "eagerfpu" to its right place
Documentation: gpio: Update ACPI part of the document to mention _DSD
docs/completion.txt: Various tweaks and corrections
doc: completion: context, scope and language fixes
Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/memory.txt
Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/booting.txt
Documentation: Chinese translation of arm64/legacy_instructions.txt
DocBook media: fix broken EIA hyperlink
Documentation: tweak the maintainers entry
README: Change gzip/bzip2 to xz compression format
README: Update version number reference
doc:pci: Fix typo in Documentation/PCI
Documentation: drm: Use '->' when describing access through pointers.
Documentation: Remove mentioning of block barriers
Documentation/email-clients.txt: Fix one grammar mistake, add extra info about TB
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cgroups')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt index a22df3ad35ff..f456b4315e86 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt | |||
@@ -275,11 +275,6 @@ When oom event notifier is registered, event will be delivered. | |||
275 | 275 | ||
276 | 2.7 Kernel Memory Extension (CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM) | 276 | 2.7 Kernel Memory Extension (CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM) |
277 | 277 | ||
278 | WARNING: Current implementation lacks reclaim support. That means allocation | ||
279 | attempts will fail when close to the limit even if there are plenty of | ||
280 | kmem available for reclaim. That makes this option unusable in real | ||
281 | life so DO NOT SELECT IT unless for development purposes. | ||
282 | |||
283 | With the Kernel memory extension, the Memory Controller is able to limit | 278 | With the Kernel memory extension, the Memory Controller is able to limit |
284 | the amount of kernel memory used by the system. Kernel memory is fundamentally | 279 | the amount of kernel memory used by the system. Kernel memory is fundamentally |
285 | different than user memory, since it can't be swapped out, which makes it | 280 | different than user memory, since it can't be swapped out, which makes it |
@@ -345,6 +340,9 @@ set: | |||
345 | In this case, the admin could set up K so that the sum of all groups is | 340 | In this case, the admin could set up K so that the sum of all groups is |
346 | never greater than the total memory, and freely set U at the cost of his | 341 | never greater than the total memory, and freely set U at the cost of his |
347 | QoS. | 342 | QoS. |
343 | WARNING: In the current implementation, memory reclaim will NOT be | ||
344 | triggered for a cgroup when it hits K while staying below U, which makes | ||
345 | this setup impractical. | ||
348 | 346 | ||
349 | U != 0, K >= U: | 347 | U != 0, K >= U: |
350 | Since kmem charges will also be fed to the user counter and reclaim will be | 348 | Since kmem charges will also be fed to the user counter and reclaim will be |