linux-kernel - [PATCH] doc: cgroup: add f2fs and xfs to supported list for writeback

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Message-ID: <c8271324-9132-388c-5242-d7699f011892@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:08:09 -0500
From:   Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: cgroup: add f2fs and xfs to supported list for writeback

f2fs and xfs have both added support for cgroup writeback:

578c647 f2fs: implement cgroup writeback support
adfb5fb xfs: implement cgroup aware writeback

so add them to the supported list in the docs.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
---

TBH I wonder about the wisdom of having this detail in
the doc, as it apparently gets missed quite often ...

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index ce3e05e..4f82afa 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -1684,9 +1684,9 @@ per-cgroup dirty memory states are examined and the more restrictive
 of the two is enforced.
 
 cgroup writeback requires explicit support from the underlying
-filesystem.  Currently, cgroup writeback is implemented on ext2, ext4
-and btrfs.  On other filesystems, all writeback IOs are attributed to
-the root cgroup.
+filesystem.  Currently, cgroup writeback is implemented on ext2, ext4,
+btrfs, f2fs, and xfs.  On other filesystems, all writeback IOs are 
+attributed to the root cgroup.
 
 There are inherent differences in memory and writeback management
 which affects how cgroup ownership is tracked.  Memory is tracked per