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-rw-r--r--Documentation/00-INDEX4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/00-INDEX18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/page_migration3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets5
7 files changed, 30 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
index 2a39aeba1464..d05737aaa84b 100644
--- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ cachetlb.txt
86 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. 86 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
87cdrom/ 87cdrom/
88 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. 88 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
89cgroups/
90 - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller.
89connector/ 91connector/
90 - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. 92 - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
91console/ 93console/
@@ -98,8 +100,6 @@ cpu-load.txt
98 - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected. 100 - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
99cpuidle/ 101cpuidle/
100 - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem. 102 - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
101cpusets.txt
102 - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
103cputopology.txt 103cputopology.txt
104 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. 104 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
105cris/ 105cris/
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/00-INDEX b/Documentation/cgroups/00-INDEX
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f58fa3d6d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/00-INDEX
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
100-INDEX
2 - this file
3cgroups.txt
4 - Control Groups definition, implementation details, examples and API.
5cpuacct.txt
6 - CPU Accounting Controller; account CPU usage for groups of tasks.
7cpusets.txt
8 - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
9devices.txt
10 - Device Whitelist Controller; description, interface and security.
11freezer-subsystem.txt
12 - checkpointing; rationale to not use signals, interface.
13memcg_test.txt
14 - Memory Resource Controller; implementation details.
15memory.txt
16 - Memory Resource Controller; design, accounting, interface, testing.
17resource_counter.txt
18 - Resource Counter API.
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index be3bde51b564..755def2cb071 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1593 nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. 1593 nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
1594 1594
1595 noswapaccount [KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource 1595 noswapaccount [KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource
1596 controller. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt) 1596 controller. (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
1597 1597
1598 nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. 1598 nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
1599 1599
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1932 1932
1933 relax_domain_level= 1933 relax_domain_level=
1934 [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. 1934 [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
1935 See Documentation/cpusets.txt. 1935 See Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt.
1936 1936
1937 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area 1937 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
1938 1938
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txt
index 3ef339f491e0..5ba4d3fc625a 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ This uses the /cgroup virtual file system and "/cgroup/<cgroup>/cpu.rt_runtime_u
126to control the CPU time reserved for each control group instead. 126to control the CPU time reserved for each control group instead.
127 127
128For more information on working with control groups, you should read 128For more information on working with control groups, you should read
129Documentation/cgroups.txt as well. 129Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt as well.
130 130
131Group settings are checked against the following limits in order to keep the configuration 131Group settings are checked against the following limits in order to keep the configuration
132schedulable: 132schedulable:
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt b/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt
index 6aaaeb38730c..be45dbb9d7f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ The current memory policy support was added to Linux 2.6 around May 2004. This
8document attempts to describe the concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy 8document attempts to describe the concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy
9support. 9support.
10 10
11Memory policies should not be confused with cpusets (Documentation/cpusets.txt) 11Memory policies should not be confused with cpusets
12(Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt)
12which is an administrative mechanism for restricting the nodes from which 13which is an administrative mechanism for restricting the nodes from which
13memory may be allocated by a set of processes. Memory policies are a 14memory may be allocated by a set of processes. Memory policies are a
14programming interface that a NUMA-aware application can take advantage of. When 15programming interface that a NUMA-aware application can take advantage of. When
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_migration b/Documentation/vm/page_migration
index d5fdfd34bbaf..6513fe2d90b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/page_migration
+++ b/Documentation/vm/page_migration
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ locations.
37 37
38Larger installations usually partition the system using cpusets into 38Larger installations usually partition the system using cpusets into
39sections of nodes. Paul Jackson has equipped cpusets with the ability to 39sections of nodes. Paul Jackson has equipped cpusets with the ability to
40move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset (See ../cpusets.txt). 40move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset (See
41Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt).
41Cpusets allows the automation of process locality. If a task is moved to 42Cpusets allows the automation of process locality. If a task is moved to
42a new cpuset then also all its pages are moved with it so that the 43a new cpuset then also all its pages are moved with it so that the
43performance of the process does not sink dramatically. Also the pages 44performance of the process does not sink dramatically. Also the pages
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets
index 33bb56655991..0f11d9becb0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ you can create fake NUMA nodes that represent contiguous chunks of memory and
7assign them to cpusets and their attached tasks. This is a way of limiting the 7assign them to cpusets and their attached tasks. This is a way of limiting the
8amount of system memory that are available to a certain class of tasks. 8amount of system memory that are available to a certain class of tasks.
9 9
10For more information on the features of cpusets, see Documentation/cpusets.txt. 10For more information on the features of cpusets, see
11Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt.
11There are a number of different configurations you can use for your needs. For 12There are a number of different configurations you can use for your needs. For
12more information on the numa=fake command line option and its various ways of 13more information on the numa=fake command line option and its various ways of
13configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt. 14configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt.
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ A machine may be split as follows with "numa=fake=4*512," as reported by dmesg:
32 On node 3 totalpages: 131072 33 On node 3 totalpages: 131072
33 34
34Now following the instructions for mounting the cpusets filesystem from 35Now following the instructions for mounting the cpusets filesystem from
35Documentation/cpusets.txt, you can assign fake nodes (i.e. contiguous memory 36Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt, you can assign fake nodes (i.e. contiguous memory
36address spaces) to individual cpusets: 37address spaces) to individual cpusets:
37 38
38 [root@xroads /]# mkdir exampleset 39 [root@xroads /]# mkdir exampleset