From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
containers@lists.osdl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
xemul@parallels.com, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Hiroyouki Kamezawa <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] Add documentation about kmem_cgroup
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:46:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E68FF70.1010709@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1315369399-3073-10-git-send-email-glommer@parallels.com>
On 09/06/11 21:23, Glauber Costa wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
> CC: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> CC: Hiroyouki Kamezawa <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
> CC: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> CC: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
> ---
> Documentation/cgroups/kmem_cgroups.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/cgroups/kmem_cgroups.txt
>
> diff --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.
> +
> +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 ...
> + 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
--
~Randy
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-08 17:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-07 4:23 [PATCH v2 0/9] per-cgroup tcp buffers limitation Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 4:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] per-netns ipv4 sysctl_tcp_mem Glauber Costa
2011-09-09 2:47 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2011-09-09 4:19 ` Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 4:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] Kernel Memory cgroup Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 5:24 ` Paul Menage
2011-09-07 5:55 ` Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 4:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] socket: initial cgroup code Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 5:26 ` Paul Menage
2011-09-07 5:59 ` Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 22:17 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2011-09-08 4:54 ` Glauber Costa
2011-09-08 5:35 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2011-09-08 12:41 ` Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 4:23 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] function wrappers for upcoming socket Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 4:23 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] foundations of per-cgroup memory pressure controlling Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 4:23 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] per-cgroup tcp buffers control Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 7:32 ` Li Zefan
2011-09-07 13:02 ` Glauber Costa
2011-09-09 3:12 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2011-09-09 12:01 ` Glauber Costa
2011-09-12 10:31 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2011-09-07 4:23 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] tcp buffer limitation: per-cgroup limit Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 4:23 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] Display current tcp memory allocation in kmem cgroup Glauber Costa
2011-09-07 4:23 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] Add documentation about kmem_cgroup Glauber Costa
2011-09-08 17:46 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
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