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@@ -843,6 +843,15 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back.
Amount of memory used to cache filesystem data,
including tmpfs and shared memory.
+ kernel_stack
+
+ Amount of memory allocated to kernel stacks.
+
+ slab
+
+ Amount of memory used for storing in-kernel data
+ structures.
+
sock
Amount of memory used in network transmission buffers
@@ -871,6 +880,16 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back.
on the internal memory management lists used by the
page reclaim algorithm
+ slab_reclaimable
+
+ Part of "slab" that might be reclaimed, such as
+ dentries and inodes.
+
+ slab_unreclaimable
+
+ Part of "slab" that cannot be reclaimed on memory
+ pressure.
+
pgfault
Total number of page faults incurred
@@ -1368,6 +1387,12 @@ system than killing the group. Otherwise, memory.max is there to
limit this type of spillover and ultimately contain buggy or even
malicious applications.
+Setting the original memory.limit_in_bytes below the current usage was
+subject to a race condition, where concurrent charges could cause the
+limit setting to fail. memory.max on the other hand will first set the
+limit to prevent new charges, and then reclaim and OOM kill until the
+new limit is met - or the task writing to memory.max is killed.
+
The combined memory+swap accounting and limiting is replaced by real
control over swap space.