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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:07:42 -0500
From: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
To: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, rdunlap@...otime.net,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kirill@...temov.name,
menage@...gle.com, mike@...rato.com,
Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
Subject: [PATCH V2] Documentation: cgroups: Add notes on removing PIDs from tasks and cgroups requiring setup
The cgroup documentation does not specify how a process can be removed from a
particular group. This patch adds a note at the end of the simple example
about how this is done. Also, some cgroups (like cpusets) require user input
before a new group can be used. This is noted in the patch as well.
Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
---
Changes from V1:
Rework the note about removing a process from a cgroup
Add note about ns cgroup causing failure when moving processes between groups
Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index 44b8b7a..cbdfb7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ To mount a cgroup hierarchy with all available subsystems, type:
The "xxx" is not interpreted by the cgroup code, but will appear in
/proc/mounts so may be any useful identifying string that you like.
+Note: Some subsystems do not work without some user input first. For instance,
+if cpusets are enabled the user will have to populate the cpus and mems files
+for each new cgroup created before that group can be used.
+
To mount a cgroup hierarchy with just the cpuset and memory
subsystems, type:
# mount -t cgroup -o cpuset,memory hier1 /dev/cgroup
@@ -426,6 +430,14 @@ You can attach the current shell task by echoing 0:
# echo 0 > tasks
+Note: Since every task is always a member of exactly one cgroup in each
+mounted hierarchy, to remove a task from its current cgroup you must
+move it into a new cgroup (possibly the root cgroup) by writing to the
+new cgroup's tasks file.
+
+Note: If the ns cgroup is active, moving a process to another cgroup can
+fail.
+
2.3 Mounting hierarchies by name
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1.7.1
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