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Commit dc10e281 authored by KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki's avatar KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Committed by Linus Torvalds
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memcg: update documentation



Some information are old, and I think current document doesn't work as "a
guide for users".  We need summary of all of our controls, at least.

Signed-off-by: default avatarKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Memory Resource Controller
Memory Resource Controller


NOTE: The Memory Resource Controller has been generically been referred
NOTE: The Memory Resource Controller has been generically been referred
to as the memory controller in this document. Do not confuse memory controller
      to as the memory controller in this document. Do not confuse memory
used here with the memory controller that is used in hardware.
      controller used here with the memory controller that is used in hardware.


Salient features
(For editors)

In this document:
a. Enable control of Anonymous, Page Cache (mapped and unmapped) and
      When we mention a cgroup (cgroupfs's directory) with memory controller,
   Swap Cache memory pages.
      we call it "memory cgroup". When you see git-log and source code, you'll
b. The infrastructure allows easy addition of other types of memory to control
      see patch's title and function names tend to use "memcg".
c. Provides *zero overhead* for non memory controller users
      In this document, we avoid using it.
d. Provides a double LRU: global memory pressure causes reclaim from the
   global LRU; a cgroup on hitting a limit, reclaims from the per
   cgroup LRU


Benefits and Purpose of the memory controller
Benefits and Purpose of the memory controller


@@ -33,6 +30,45 @@ d. A CD/DVD burner could control the amount of memory used by the
e. There are several other use cases, find one or use the controller just
e. There are several other use cases, find one or use the controller just
   for fun (to learn and hack on the VM subsystem).
   for fun (to learn and hack on the VM subsystem).


Current Status: linux-2.6.34-mmotm(development version of 2010/April)

Features:
 - accounting anonymous pages, file caches, swap caches usage and limiting them.
 - private LRU and reclaim routine. (system's global LRU and private LRU
   work independently from each other)
 - optionally, memory+swap usage can be accounted and limited.
 - hierarchical accounting
 - soft limit
 - moving(recharging) account at moving a task is selectable.
 - usage threshold notifier
 - oom-killer disable knob and oom-notifier
 - Root cgroup has no limit controls.

 Kernel memory and Hugepages are not under control yet. We just manage
 pages on LRU. To add more controls, we have to take care of performance.

Brief summary of control files.

 tasks				 # attach a task(thread) and show list of threads
 cgroup.procs			 # show list of processes
 cgroup.event_control		 # an interface for event_fd()
 memory.usage_in_bytes		 # show current memory(RSS+Cache) usage.
 memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes	 # show current memory+Swap usage
 memory.limit_in_bytes		 # set/show limit of memory usage
 memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes	 # set/show limit of memory+Swap usage
 memory.failcnt			 # show the number of memory usage hits limits
 memory.memsw.failcnt		 # show the number of memory+Swap hits limits
 memory.max_usage_in_bytes	 # show max memory usage recorded
 memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes	 # show max memory+Swap usage recorded
 memory.soft_limit_in_bytes	 # set/show soft limit of memory usage
 memory.stat			 # show various statistics
 memory.use_hierarchy		 # set/show hierarchical account enabled
 memory.force_empty		 # trigger forced move charge to parent
 memory.swappiness		 # set/show swappiness parameter of vmscan
				 (See sysctl's vm.swappiness)
 memory.move_charge_at_immigrate # set/show controls of moving charges
 memory.oom_control		 # set/show oom controls.

1. History
1. History


The memory controller has a long history. A request for comments for the memory
The memory controller has a long history. A request for comments for the memory
@@ -106,14 +142,14 @@ the necessary data structures and check if the cgroup that is being charged
is over its limit. If it is then reclaim is invoked on the cgroup.
is over its limit. If it is then reclaim is invoked on the cgroup.
More details can be found in the reclaim section of this document.
More details can be found in the reclaim section of this document.
If everything goes well, a page meta-data-structure called page_cgroup is
If everything goes well, a page meta-data-structure called page_cgroup is
allocated and associated with the page.  This routine also adds the page to
updated. page_cgroup has its own LRU on cgroup.
the per cgroup LRU.
(*) page_cgroup structure is allocated at boot/memory-hotplug time.


2.2.1 Accounting details
2.2.1 Accounting details


All mapped anon pages (RSS) and cache pages (Page Cache) are accounted.
All mapped anon pages (RSS) and cache pages (Page Cache) are accounted.
(some pages which never be reclaimable and will not be on global LRU
Some pages which are never reclaimable and will not be on the global LRU
 are not accounted. we just accounts pages under usual vm management.)
are not accounted. We just account pages under usual VM management.


RSS pages are accounted at page_fault unless they've already been accounted
RSS pages are accounted at page_fault unless they've already been accounted
for earlier. A file page will be accounted for as Page Cache when it's
for earlier. A file page will be accounted for as Page Cache when it's
@@ -121,12 +157,19 @@ inserted into inode (radix-tree). While it's mapped into the page tables of
processes, duplicate accounting is carefully avoided.
processes, duplicate accounting is carefully avoided.


A RSS page is unaccounted when it's fully unmapped. A PageCache page is
A RSS page is unaccounted when it's fully unmapped. A PageCache page is
unaccounted when it's removed from radix-tree.
unaccounted when it's removed from radix-tree. Even if RSS pages are fully
unmapped (by kswapd), they may exist as SwapCache in the system until they
are really freed. Such SwapCaches also also accounted.
A swapped-in page is not accounted until it's mapped.

Note: The kernel does swapin-readahead and read multiple swaps at once.
This means swapped-in pages may contain pages for other tasks than a task
causing page fault. So, we avoid accounting at swap-in I/O.


At page migration, accounting information is kept.
At page migration, accounting information is kept.


Note: we just account pages-on-lru because our purpose is to control amount
Note: we just account pages-on-LRU because our purpose is to control amount
of used pages. not-on-lru pages are tend to be out-of-control from vm view.
of used pages; not-on-LRU pages tend to be out-of-control from VM view.


2.3 Shared Page Accounting
2.3 Shared Page Accounting


@@ -143,6 +186,7 @@ caller of swapoff rather than the users of shmem.




2.4 Swap Extension (CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP)
2.4 Swap Extension (CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP)

Swap Extension allows you to record charge for swap. A swapped-in page is
Swap Extension allows you to record charge for swap. A swapped-in page is
charged back to original page allocator if possible.
charged back to original page allocator if possible.


@@ -150,13 +194,20 @@ When swap is accounted, following files are added.
 - memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes.
 - memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes.
 - memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes.
 - memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes.


usage of mem+swap is limited by memsw.limit_in_bytes.
memsw means memory+swap. Usage of memory+swap is limited by
memsw.limit_in_bytes.

Example: Assume a system with 4G of swap. A task which allocates 6G of memory
(by mistake) under 2G memory limitation will use all swap.
In this case, setting memsw.limit_in_bytes=3G will prevent bad use of swap.
By using memsw limit, you can avoid system OOM which can be caused by swap
shortage.


* why 'mem+swap' rather than swap.
* why 'memory+swap' rather than swap.
The global LRU(kswapd) can swap out arbitrary pages. Swap-out means
The global LRU(kswapd) can swap out arbitrary pages. Swap-out means
to move account from memory to swap...there is no change in usage of
to move account from memory to swap...there is no change in usage of
mem+swap. In other words, when we want to limit the usage of swap without
memory+swap. In other words, when we want to limit the usage of swap without
affecting global LRU, mem+swap limit is better than just limiting swap from
affecting global LRU, memory+swap limit is better than just limiting swap from
OS point of view.
OS point of view.


* What happens when a cgroup hits memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes
* What happens when a cgroup hits memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes
@@ -168,12 +219,12 @@ it by cgroup.


2.5 Reclaim
2.5 Reclaim


Each cgroup maintains a per cgroup LRU that consists of an active
Each cgroup maintains a per cgroup LRU which has the same structure as
and inactive list. When a cgroup goes over its limit, we first try
global VM. When a cgroup goes over its limit, we first try
to reclaim memory from the cgroup so as to make space for the new
to reclaim memory from the cgroup so as to make space for the new
pages that the cgroup has touched. If the reclaim is unsuccessful,
pages that the cgroup has touched. If the reclaim is unsuccessful,
an OOM routine is invoked to select and kill the bulkiest task in the
an OOM routine is invoked to select and kill the bulkiest task in the
cgroup.
cgroup. (See 10. OOM Control below.)


The reclaim algorithm has not been modified for cgroups, except that
The reclaim algorithm has not been modified for cgroups, except that
pages that are selected for reclaiming come from the per cgroup LRU
pages that are selected for reclaiming come from the per cgroup LRU
@@ -187,13 +238,19 @@ Note2: When panic_on_oom is set to "2", the whole system will panic.
When oom event notifier is registered, event will be delivered.
When oom event notifier is registered, event will be delivered.
(See oom_control section)
(See oom_control section)


2. Locking
2.6 Locking


The memory controller uses the following hierarchy
   lock_page_cgroup()/unlock_page_cgroup() should not be called under
   mapping->tree_lock.


1. zone->lru_lock is used for selecting pages to be isolated
   Other lock order is following:
2. mem->per_zone->lru_lock protects the per cgroup LRU (per zone)
   PG_locked.
3. lock_page_cgroup() is used to protect page->page_cgroup
   mm->page_table_lock
       zone->lru_lock
	  lock_page_cgroup.
  In many cases, just lock_page_cgroup() is called.
  per-zone-per-cgroup LRU (cgroup's private LRU) is just guarded by
  zone->lru_lock, it has no lock of its own.


3. User Interface
3. User Interface


@@ -202,6 +259,7 @@ The memory controller uses the following hierarchy
a. Enable CONFIG_CGROUPS
a. Enable CONFIG_CGROUPS
b. Enable CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS
b. Enable CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS
c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
d. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP (to use swap extension)


1. Prepare the cgroups
1. Prepare the cgroups
# mkdir -p /cgroups
# mkdir -p /cgroups
@@ -211,21 +269,18 @@ c. Enable CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
# mkdir /cgroups/0
# mkdir /cgroups/0
# echo $$ > /cgroups/0/tasks
# echo $$ > /cgroups/0/tasks


Since now we're in the 0 cgroup,
Since now we're in the 0 cgroup, we can alter the memory limit:
We can alter the memory limit:
# echo 4M > /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes
# echo 4M > /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes


NOTE: We can use a suffix (k, K, m, M, g or G) to indicate values in kilo,
NOTE: We can use a suffix (k, K, m, M, g or G) to indicate values in kilo,
mega or gigabytes.
mega or gigabytes. (Here, Kilo, Mega, Giga are Kibibytes, Mebibytes, Gibibytes.)

NOTE: We can write "-1" to reset the *.limit_in_bytes(unlimited).
NOTE: We can write "-1" to reset the *.limit_in_bytes(unlimited).
NOTE: We cannot set limits on the root cgroup any more.
NOTE: We cannot set limits on the root cgroup any more.


# cat /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes
# cat /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes
4194304
4194304


NOTE: The interface has now changed to display the usage in bytes
instead of pages

We can check the usage:
We can check the usage:
# cat /cgroups/0/memory.usage_in_bytes
# cat /cgroups/0/memory.usage_in_bytes
1216512
1216512
@@ -248,15 +303,23 @@ caches, RSS and Active pages/Inactive pages are shown.


4. Testing
4. Testing


Balbir posted lmbench, AIM9, LTP and vmmstress results [10] and [11].
For testing features and implementation, see memcg_test.txt.
Apart from that v6 has been tested with several applications and regular

daily use. The controller has also been tested on the PPC64, x86_64 and
Performance test is also important. To see pure memory controller's overhead,
UML platforms.
testing on tmpfs will give you good numbers of small overheads.
Example: do kernel make on tmpfs.

Page-fault scalability is also important. At measuring parallel
page fault test, multi-process test may be better than multi-thread
test because it has noise of shared objects/status.

But the above two are testing extreme situations.
Trying usual test under memory controller is always helpful.


4.1 Troubleshooting
4.1 Troubleshooting


Sometimes a user might find that the application under a cgroup is
Sometimes a user might find that the application under a cgroup is
terminated. There are several causes for this:
terminated by OOM killer. There are several causes for this:


1. The cgroup limit is too low (just too low to do anything useful)
1. The cgroup limit is too low (just too low to do anything useful)
2. The user is using anonymous memory and swap is turned off or too low
2. The user is using anonymous memory and swap is turned off or too low
@@ -264,6 +327,9 @@ terminated. There are several causes for this:
A sync followed by echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches will help get rid of
A sync followed by echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches will help get rid of
some of the pages cached in the cgroup (page cache pages).
some of the pages cached in the cgroup (page cache pages).


To know what happens, disable OOM_Kill by 10. OOM Control(see below) and
seeing what happens will be helpful.

4.2 Task migration
4.2 Task migration


When a task migrates from one cgroup to another, its charge is not
When a task migrates from one cgroup to another, its charge is not
@@ -271,16 +337,19 @@ carried forward by default. The pages allocated from the original cgroup still
remain charged to it, the charge is dropped when the page is freed or
remain charged to it, the charge is dropped when the page is freed or
reclaimed.
reclaimed.


Note: You can move charges of a task along with task migration. See 8.
You can move charges of a task along with task migration.
See 8. "Move charges at task migration"


4.3 Removing a cgroup
4.3 Removing a cgroup


A cgroup can be removed by rmdir, but as discussed in sections 4.1 and 4.2, a
A cgroup can be removed by rmdir, but as discussed in sections 4.1 and 4.2, a
cgroup might have some charge associated with it, even though all
cgroup might have some charge associated with it, even though all
tasks have migrated away from it.
tasks have migrated away from it. (because we charge against pages, not
Such charges are freed(at default) or moved to its parent. When moved,
against tasks.)
both of RSS and CACHES are moved to parent.

If both of them are busy, rmdir() returns -EBUSY. See 5.1 Also.
Such charges are freed or moved to their parent. At moving, both of RSS
and CACHES are moved to parent.
rmdir() may return -EBUSY if freeing/moving fails. See 5.1 also.


Charges recorded in swap information is not updated at removal of cgroup.
Charges recorded in swap information is not updated at removal of cgroup.
Recorded information is discarded and a cgroup which uses swap (swapcache)
Recorded information is discarded and a cgroup which uses swap (swapcache)
@@ -296,10 +365,10 @@ will be charged as a new owner of it.


  # echo 0 > memory.force_empty
  # echo 0 > memory.force_empty


  Almost all pages tracked by this memcg will be unmapped and freed. Some of
  Almost all pages tracked by this memory cgroup will be unmapped and freed.
  pages cannot be freed because it's locked or in-use. Such pages are moved
  Some pages cannot be freed because they are locked or in-use. Such pages are
  to parent and this cgroup will be empty. But this may return -EBUSY in
  moved to parent and this cgroup will be empty. This may return -EBUSY if
  some too busy case.
  VM is too busy to free/move all pages immediately.


  Typical use case of this interface is that calling this before rmdir().
  Typical use case of this interface is that calling this before rmdir().
  Because rmdir() moves all pages to parent, some out-of-use page caches can be
  Because rmdir() moves all pages to parent, some out-of-use page caches can be
@@ -309,19 +378,41 @@ will be charged as a new owner of it.


memory.stat file includes following statistics
memory.stat file includes following statistics


# per-memory cgroup local status
cache		- # of bytes of page cache memory.
cache		- # of bytes of page cache memory.
rss		- # of bytes of anonymous and swap cache memory.
rss		- # of bytes of anonymous and swap cache memory.
mapped_file	- # of bytes of mapped file (includes tmpfs/shmem)
pgpgin		- # of pages paged in (equivalent to # of charging events).
pgpgin		- # of pages paged in (equivalent to # of charging events).
pgpgout		- # of pages paged out (equivalent to # of uncharging events).
pgpgout		- # of pages paged out (equivalent to # of uncharging events).
active_anon	- # of bytes of anonymous and  swap cache memory on active
swap		- # of bytes of swap usage
		  lru list.
inactive_anon	- # of bytes of anonymous memory and swap cache memory on
inactive_anon	- # of bytes of anonymous memory and swap cache memory on
		  inactive lru list.
		LRU list.
active_file	- # of bytes of file-backed memory on active lru list.
active_anon	- # of bytes of anonymous and swap cache memory on active
inactive_file	- # of bytes of file-backed memory on inactive lru list.
		inactive LRU list.
inactive_file	- # of bytes of file-backed memory on inactive LRU list.
active_file	- # of bytes of file-backed memory on active LRU list.
unevictable	- # of bytes of memory that cannot be reclaimed (mlocked etc).
unevictable	- # of bytes of memory that cannot be reclaimed (mlocked etc).


The following additional stats are dependent on CONFIG_DEBUG_VM.
# status considering hierarchy (see memory.use_hierarchy settings)

hierarchical_memory_limit - # of bytes of memory limit with regard to hierarchy
			under which the memory cgroup is
hierarchical_memsw_limit - # of bytes of memory+swap limit with regard to
			hierarchy under which memory cgroup is.

total_cache		- sum of all children's "cache"
total_rss		- sum of all children's "rss"
total_mapped_file	- sum of all children's "cache"
total_pgpgin		- sum of all children's "pgpgin"
total_pgpgout		- sum of all children's "pgpgout"
total_swap		- sum of all children's "swap"
total_inactive_anon	- sum of all children's "inactive_anon"
total_active_anon	- sum of all children's "active_anon"
total_inactive_file	- sum of all children's "inactive_file"
total_active_file	- sum of all children's "active_file"
total_unevictable	- sum of all children's "unevictable"

# The following additional stats are dependent on CONFIG_DEBUG_VM.


inactive_ratio		- VM internal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c)
inactive_ratio		- VM internal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c)
recent_rotated_anon	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
recent_rotated_anon	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
@@ -330,24 +421,37 @@ recent_scanned_anon - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
recent_scanned_file	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
recent_scanned_file	- VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)


Memo:
Memo:
	recent_rotated means recent frequency of lru rotation.
	recent_rotated means recent frequency of LRU rotation.
	recent_scanned means recent # of scans to lru.
	recent_scanned means recent # of scans to LRU.
	showing for better debug please see the code for meanings.
	showing for better debug please see the code for meanings.


Note:
Note:
	Only anonymous and swap cache memory is listed as part of 'rss' stat.
	Only anonymous and swap cache memory is listed as part of 'rss' stat.
	This should not be confused with the true 'resident set size' or the
	This should not be confused with the true 'resident set size' or the
	amount of physical memory used by the cgroup. Per-cgroup rss
	amount of physical memory used by the cgroup.
	accounting is not done yet.
	'rss + file_mapped" will give you resident set size of cgroup.
	(Note: file and shmem may be shared among other cgroups. In that case,
	 file_mapped is accounted only when the memory cgroup is owner of page
	 cache.)


5.3 swappiness
5.3 swappiness

Similar to /proc/sys/vm/swappiness, but affecting a hierarchy of groups only.
Similar to /proc/sys/vm/swappiness, but affecting a hierarchy of groups only.


Following cgroups' swappiness can't be changed.
Following cgroups' swappiness can't be changed.
- root cgroup (uses /proc/sys/vm/swappiness).
- root cgroup (uses /proc/sys/vm/swappiness).
  - a cgroup which uses hierarchy and it has child cgroup.
- a cgroup which uses hierarchy and it has other cgroup(s) below it.
- a cgroup which uses hierarchy and not the root of hierarchy.
- a cgroup which uses hierarchy and not the root of hierarchy.


5.4 failcnt

A memory cgroup provides memory.failcnt and memory.memsw.failcnt files.
This failcnt(== failure count) shows the number of times that a usage counter
hit its limit. When a memory cgroup hits a limit, failcnt increases and
memory under it will be reclaimed.

You can reset failcnt by writing 0 to failcnt file.
# echo 0 > .../memory.failcnt


6. Hierarchy support
6. Hierarchy support


@@ -372,7 +476,7 @@ children of the ancestor.


6.1 Enabling hierarchical accounting and reclaim
6.1 Enabling hierarchical accounting and reclaim


The memory controller by default disables the hierarchy feature. Support
A memory cgroup by default disables the hierarchy feature. Support
can be enabled by writing 1 to memory.use_hierarchy file of the root cgroup
can be enabled by writing 1 to memory.use_hierarchy file of the root cgroup


# echo 1 > memory.use_hierarchy
# echo 1 > memory.use_hierarchy
@@ -385,7 +489,7 @@ NOTE1: Enabling/disabling will fail if the cgroup already has other
       cgroups created below it.
       cgroups created below it.


NOTE2: When panic_on_oom is set to "2", the whole system will panic in
NOTE2: When panic_on_oom is set to "2", the whole system will panic in
case of an oom event in any cgroup.
       case of an OOM event in any cgroup.


7. Soft limits
7. Soft limits


@@ -395,7 +499,7 @@ is to allow control groups to use as much of the memory as needed, provided
a. There is no memory contention
a. There is no memory contention
b. They do not exceed their hard limit
b. They do not exceed their hard limit


When the system detects memory contention or low memory control groups
When the system detects memory contention or low memory, control groups
are pushed back to their soft limits. If the soft limit of each control
are pushed back to their soft limits. If the soft limit of each control
group is very high, they are pushed back as much as possible to make
group is very high, they are pushed back as much as possible to make
sure that one control group does not starve the others of memory.
sure that one control group does not starve the others of memory.
@@ -409,7 +513,7 @@ it gets invoked from balance_pgdat (kswapd).
7.1 Interface
7.1 Interface


Soft limits can be setup by using the following commands (in this example we
Soft limits can be setup by using the following commands (in this example we
assume a soft limit of 256 megabytes)
assume a soft limit of 256 MiB)


# echo 256M > memory.soft_limit_in_bytes
# echo 256M > memory.soft_limit_in_bytes


@@ -445,7 +549,7 @@ Note: Charges are moved only when you move mm->owner, IOW, a leader of a thread
Note: If we cannot find enough space for the task in the destination cgroup, we
Note: If we cannot find enough space for the task in the destination cgroup, we
      try to make space by reclaiming memory. Task migration may fail if we
      try to make space by reclaiming memory. Task migration may fail if we
      cannot make enough space.
      cannot make enough space.
Note: It can take several seconds if you move charges in giga bytes order.
Note: It can take several seconds if you move charges much.


And if you want disable it again:
And if you want disable it again:


@@ -465,7 +569,7 @@ memory cgroup.
      | enable Swap Extension(see 2.4) to enable move of swap charges.
      | enable Swap Extension(see 2.4) to enable move of swap charges.
 -----+------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -----+------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1  | A charge of file pages(normal file, tmpfs file(e.g. ipc shared memory)
   1  | A charge of file pages(normal file, tmpfs file(e.g. ipc shared memory)
      | and swaps of tmpfs file) mmaped by the target task. Unlike the case of
      | and swaps of tmpfs file) mmapped by the target task. Unlike the case of
      | anonymous pages, file pages(and swaps) in the range mmapped by the task
      | anonymous pages, file pages(and swaps) in the range mmapped by the task
      | will be moved even if the task hasn't done page fault, i.e. they might
      | will be moved even if the task hasn't done page fault, i.e. they might
      | not be the task's "RSS", but other task's "RSS" that maps the same file.
      | not be the task's "RSS", but other task's "RSS" that maps the same file.
@@ -482,14 +586,14 @@ memory cgroup.


9. Memory thresholds
9. Memory thresholds


Memory controler implements memory thresholds using cgroups notification
Memory cgroup implements memory thresholds using cgroups notification
API (see cgroups.txt). It allows to register multiple memory and memsw
API (see cgroups.txt). It allows to register multiple memory and memsw
thresholds and gets notifications when it crosses.
thresholds and gets notifications when it crosses.


To register a threshold application need:
To register a threshold application need:
- create an eventfd using eventfd(2);
- create an eventfd using eventfd(2);
- open memory.usage_in_bytes or memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes;
- open memory.usage_in_bytes or memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes;
 - write string like "<event_fd> <memory.usage_in_bytes> <threshold>" to
- write string like "<event_fd> <fd of memory.usage_in_bytes> <threshold>" to
  cgroup.event_control.
  cgroup.event_control.


Application will be notified through eventfd when memory usage crosses
Application will be notified through eventfd when memory usage crosses
@@ -501,27 +605,28 @@ It's applicable for root and non-root cgroup.


memory.oom_control file is for OOM notification and other controls.
memory.oom_control file is for OOM notification and other controls.


Memory controler implements oom notifier using cgroup notification
Memory cgroup implements OOM notifier using cgroup notification
API (See cgroups.txt). It allows to register multiple oom notification
API (See cgroups.txt). It allows to register multiple OOM notification
delivery and gets notification when oom happens.
delivery and gets notification when OOM happens.


To register a notifier, application need:
To register a notifier, application need:
 - create an eventfd using eventfd(2)
 - create an eventfd using eventfd(2)
 - open memory.oom_control file
 - open memory.oom_control file
 - write string like "<event_fd> <memory.oom_control>" to cgroup.event_control
 - write string like "<event_fd> <fd of memory.oom_control>" to
   cgroup.event_control


Application will be notifier through eventfd when oom happens.
Application will be notified through eventfd when OOM happens.
OOM notification doesn't work for root cgroup.
OOM notification doesn't work for root cgroup.


You can disable oom-killer by writing "1" to memory.oom_control file.
You can disable OOM-killer by writing "1" to memory.oom_control file, as:
As.

	#echo 1 > memory.oom_control
	#echo 1 > memory.oom_control


This operation is only allowed to the top cgroup of subhierarchy.
This operation is only allowed to the top cgroup of sub-hierarchy.
If oom-killer is disabled, tasks under cgroup will hang/sleep
If OOM-killer is disabled, tasks under cgroup will hang/sleep
in memcg's oom-waitq when they request accountable memory.
in memory cgroup's OOM-waitqueue when they request accountable memory.


For running them, you have to relax the memcg's oom sitaution by
For running them, you have to relax the memory cgroup's OOM status by
	* enlarge limit or reduce usage.
	* enlarge limit or reduce usage.
To reduce usage,
To reduce usage,
	* kill some tasks.
	* kill some tasks.
@@ -532,7 +637,7 @@ Then, stopped tasks will work again.


At reading, current status of OOM is shown.
At reading, current status of OOM is shown.
	oom_kill_disable 0 or 1 (if 1, oom-killer is disabled)
	oom_kill_disable 0 or 1 (if 1, oom-killer is disabled)
	under_oom	 0 or 1 (if 1, the memcg is under OOM,tasks may
	under_oom	 0 or 1 (if 1, the memory cgroup is under OOM, tasks may
				 be stopped.)
				 be stopped.)


11. TODO
11. TODO