linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 7/7] cgroup: document cgroup v2 freezer interface

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Message-Id: <20181130234745.6756-8-guro@fb.com>
Date:   Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:47:45 -0800
From:   Roman Gushchin <guroan@...il.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 7/7] cgroup: document cgroup v2 freezer interface

Describe cgroup v2 freezer interface in the cgroup v2 admin guide.

Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-team@...com
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index 07e06136a550..f8335e26b362 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -864,6 +864,8 @@ All cgroup core files are prefixed with "cgroup."
 	  populated
 		1 if the cgroup or its descendants contains any live
 		processes; otherwise, 0.
+	  frozen
+		1 if the cgroup is frozen; otherwise, 0.
 
   cgroup.max.descendants
 	A read-write single value files.  The default is "max".
@@ -897,6 +899,31 @@ All cgroup core files are prefixed with "cgroup."
 		A dying cgroup can consume system resources not exceeding
 		limits, which were active at the moment of cgroup deletion.
 
+  cgroup.freeze
+	A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups.
+	Allowed values are "0" and "1". The default is "0".
+
+	Writing "1" to the file causes freezing of the cgroup and all
+	descendant cgroups. This means that all belonging processes will
+	be stopped and will not run until the cgroup will be explicitly
+	unfrozen. Freezing of the cgroup may take some time; when this action
+	is completed, the "frozen" value in the cgroup.events control file
+	will be updated to "1" and the corresponding notification will be
+	issued.
+
+	A cgroup can be frozen either by its own settings, or by settings
+	of any ancestor cgroups. If any of ancestor cgroups is frozen, the
+	cgroup will remain frozen.
+
+	Processes in the frozen cgroup can be killed by a fatal signal.
+	They also can enter and leave a frozen cgroup: either by an explicit
+	move by a user, or if freezing of the cgroup races with fork().
+	If a process is moved to a frozen cgroup, it stops. If a process is
+	moved out of a frozen cgroup, it becomes running.
+
+	Frozen status of a cgroup doesn't affect any cgroup tree operations:
+	it's possible to delete a frozen (and empty) cgroup, as well as
+	create new sub-cgroups.
 
 Controllers
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2.17.2