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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


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~Randy
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      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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