Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] Add documentation about kmem_cgroup
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From: Randy Dunlap <hidden>
Date: 2011-09-08 23:13:23
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On 09/06/11 21:23, Glauber Costa wrote:
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Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <redacted> CC: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> CC: Hiroyouki Kamezawa <redacted> CC: Eric W. Biederman <redacted> CC: Randy Dunlap <redacted> --- Documentation/cgroups/kmem_cgroups.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/cgroups/kmem_cgroups.txtdiff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/kmem_cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/kmem_cgroups.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..930e069 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/kmem_cgroups.txt@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Kernel Memory Cgroup +==================== + +This document briefly describes the kernel memory cgroup, or "kmem cgroup". +Unlike user memory, kernel memory cannot be swapped. This effectively means +that rogue processes can start operations that pin kernel objects permanently +into memory, exhausting resources of all other processes in the system. + +kmem_cgroup main goal is to control the amount of memory a group of processes
kmem_cgroup's main goal
+can pin at any given point in time. Other uses of this infrastructure are +expected to come up with time. Right now, the only resource effectively limited
resources
+are tcp send and receive buffers.
or:
the only resource effectively limited
is TCP network buffers.
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+ +TCP network buffers +=================== + +TCP network buffers, both on the send and receive sides, can be controlled +by the kmem cgroup. Once a socket is created, it is attached to the cgroup of +the controller process, where it stays until the end of its lifetime. + +Files +===== + kmem.tcp_maxmem: control the maximum amount in bytes that can be used by
controls the maximum amount of memory in bytes ...
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+ tcp sockets inside the cgroup. + + kmem.tcp_current_memory: current amount in bytes used by all sockets in
current amount of memory in bytes ...
+ this cgroup
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