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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index f67c0829350b..e592a9364473 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1213,23 +1213,25 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. The default is "max". - Memory usage throttle limit. This is the main mechanism to - control memory usage of a cgroup. If a cgroup's usage goes + Memory usage throttle limit. If a cgroup's usage goes over the high boundary, the processes of the cgroup are throttled and put under heavy reclaim pressure. Going over the high limit never invokes the OOM killer and - under extreme conditions the limit may be breached. + under extreme conditions the limit may be breached. The high + limit should be used in scenarios where an external process + monitors the limited cgroup to alleviate heavy reclaim + pressure. memory.max A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. The default is "max". - Memory usage hard limit. This is the final protection - mechanism. If a cgroup's memory usage reaches this limit and - can't be reduced, the OOM killer is invoked in the cgroup. - Under certain circumstances, the usage may go over the limit - temporarily. + Memory usage hard limit. This is the main mechanism to limit + memory usage of a cgroup. If a cgroup's memory usage reaches + this limit and can't be reduced, the OOM killer is invoked in + the cgroup. Under certain circumstances, the usage may go + over the limit temporarily. In default configuration regular 0-order allocations always succeed unless OOM killer chooses current task as a victim. @@ -1238,10 +1240,6 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. Caller could retry them differently, return into userspace as -ENOMEM or silently ignore in cases like disk readahead. - This is the ultimate protection mechanism. As long as the - high limit is used and monitored properly, this limit's - utility is limited to providing the final safety net. - memory.reclaim A write-only nested-keyed file which exists for all cgroups. |