Re: [mm] [PATCH 1/4] Memory cgroup hierarchy documentation

Paul Menage
2008-11-04T06:25:59Z

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> +
> +The memory controller by default disables the hierarchy feature. Support
> +can be enabled by writing 1 to memory.features file of the root cgroup
> +
> +# echo 1 > memory.features
> +
> +The feature can be disabled by
> +
> +# echo 0 > memory.features

That's not a very intuitive interface. Why not memory.use_hierarchy?
(I presume that you're trying to cram multiple bits into a single
file, but that seems a bit ugly).

Paul