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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt | 32 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt b/Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bb775fbe43d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ | |||
1 | CPU Accounting Controller | ||
2 | ------------------------- | ||
3 | |||
4 | The CPU accounting controller is used to group tasks using cgroups and | ||
5 | account the CPU usage of these groups of tasks. | ||
6 | |||
7 | The CPU accounting controller supports multi-hierarchy groups. An accounting | ||
8 | group accumulates the CPU usage of all of its child groups and the tasks | ||
9 | directly present in its group. | ||
10 | |||
11 | Accounting groups can be created by first mounting the cgroup filesystem. | ||
12 | |||
13 | # mkdir /cgroups | ||
14 | # mount -t cgroup -ocpuacct none /cgroups | ||
15 | |||
16 | With the above step, the initial or the parent accounting group | ||
17 | becomes visible at /cgroups. At bootup, this group includes all the | ||
18 | tasks in the system. /cgroups/tasks lists the tasks in this cgroup. | ||
19 | /cgroups/cpuacct.usage gives the CPU time (in nanoseconds) obtained by | ||
20 | this group which is essentially the CPU time obtained by all the tasks | ||
21 | in the system. | ||
22 | |||
23 | New accounting groups can be created under the parent group /cgroups. | ||
24 | |||
25 | # cd /cgroups | ||
26 | # mkdir g1 | ||
27 | # echo $$ > g1 | ||
28 | |||
29 | The above steps create a new group g1 and move the current shell | ||
30 | process (bash) into it. CPU time consumed by this bash and its children | ||
31 | can be obtained from g1/cpuacct.usage and the same is accumulated in | ||
32 | /cgroups/cpuacct.usage also. | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt index 941615a9769b..d43dbcbd163b 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt | |||
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Context switch | |||
8 | By default, the switch_to arch function is called with the runqueue | 8 | By default, the switch_to arch function is called with the runqueue |
9 | locked. This is usually not a problem unless switch_to may need to | 9 | locked. This is usually not a problem unless switch_to may need to |
10 | take the runqueue lock. This is usually due to a wake up operation in | 10 | take the runqueue lock. This is usually due to a wake up operation in |
11 | the context switch. See include/asm-ia64/system.h for an example. | 11 | the context switch. See arch/ia64/include/asm/system.h for an example. |
12 | 12 | ||
13 | To request the scheduler call switch_to with the runqueue unlocked, | 13 | To request the scheduler call switch_to with the runqueue unlocked, |
14 | you must `#define __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW` in a header file | 14 | you must `#define __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW` in a header file |
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ disabled. Interrupts may be enabled over the call if it is likely to | |||
23 | introduce a significant interrupt latency by adding the line | 23 | introduce a significant interrupt latency by adding the line |
24 | `#define __ARCH_WANT_INTERRUPTS_ON_CTXSW` in the same place as for | 24 | `#define __ARCH_WANT_INTERRUPTS_ON_CTXSW` in the same place as for |
25 | unlocked context switches. This define also implies | 25 | unlocked context switches. This define also implies |
26 | `__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW`. See include/asm-arm/system.h for an | 26 | `__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW`. See arch/arm/include/asm/system.h for an |
27 | example. | 27 | example. |
28 | 28 | ||
29 | 29 | ||