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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt index 19533f93b7a2..523a9c16c400 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt | |||
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ | |||
1 | Memory Resource Controller(Memcg) Implementation Memo. | 1 | Memory Resource Controller(Memcg) Implementation Memo. |
2 | Last Updated: 2008/12/15 | 2 | Last Updated: 2009/1/19 |
3 | Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.28-rc8-mm. | 3 | Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.29-rc2. |
4 | 4 | ||
5 | Because VM is getting complex (one of reasons is memcg...), memcg's behavior | 5 | Because VM is getting complex (one of reasons is memcg...), memcg's behavior |
6 | is complex. This is a document for memcg's internal behavior. | 6 | is complex. This is a document for memcg's internal behavior. |
@@ -340,3 +340,23 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y. | |||
340 | # mount -t cgroup none /cgroup -t cpuset,memory,cpu,devices | 340 | # mount -t cgroup none /cgroup -t cpuset,memory,cpu,devices |
341 | 341 | ||
342 | and do task move, mkdir, rmdir etc...under this. | 342 | and do task move, mkdir, rmdir etc...under this. |
343 | |||
344 | 9.7 swapoff. | ||
345 | Besides management of swap is one of complicated parts of memcg, | ||
346 | call path of swap-in at swapoff is not same as usual swap-in path.. | ||
347 | It's worth to be tested explicitly. | ||
348 | |||
349 | For example, test like following is good. | ||
350 | (Shell-A) | ||
351 | # mount -t cgroup none /cgroup -t memory | ||
352 | # mkdir /cgroup/test | ||
353 | # echo 40M > /cgroup/test/memory.limit_in_bytes | ||
354 | # echo 0 > /cgroup/test/tasks | ||
355 | Run malloc(100M) program under this. You'll see 60M of swaps. | ||
356 | (Shell-B) | ||
357 | # move all tasks in /cgroup/test to /cgroup | ||
358 | # /sbin/swapoff -a | ||
359 | # rmdir /test/cgroup | ||
360 | # kill malloc task. | ||
361 | |||
362 | Of course, tmpfs v.s. swapoff test should be tested, too. | ||