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| author | Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com> | 2011-03-01 23:04:39 +0300 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com> | 2011-03-01 23:04:39 +0300 |
| commit | 6fae9c25134baffbeeb20031479e7ff6f6d8eec0 (patch) | |
| tree | c9ab89992ce5293a43cd455a81dc8a5926a28a5e /Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt | |
| parent | c186794dbb466b45cf40f942f2d09d6d5b4b0e42 (diff) | |
| parent | f5412be599602124d2bdd49947b231dd77c0bf99 (diff) | |
| download | linux-6fae9c25134baffbeeb20031479e7ff6f6d8eec0.tar.xz | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.38-rc6' into for-2.6.39/core
Conflicts:
block/cfq-iosched.c
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt index d6da611f8f63..4ed7b5ceeed2 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt @@ -89,6 +89,33 @@ Throttling/Upper Limit policy Limits for writes can be put using blkio.write_bps_device file. +Hierarchical Cgroups +==================== +- Currently none of the IO control policy supports hierarhical groups. But + cgroup interface does allow creation of hierarhical cgroups and internally + IO policies treat them as flat hierarchy. + + So this patch will allow creation of cgroup hierarhcy but at the backend + everything will be treated as flat. So if somebody created a hierarchy like + as follows. + + root + / \ + test1 test2 + | + test3 + + CFQ and throttling will practically treat all groups at same level. + + pivot + / | \ \ + root test1 test2 test3 + + Down the line we can implement hierarchical accounting/control support + and also introduce a new cgroup file "use_hierarchy" which will control + whether cgroup hierarchy is viewed as flat or hierarchical by the policy.. + This is how memory controller also has implemented the things. + Various user visible config options =================================== CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP |