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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index 5f12f203822e..b8c0460730f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1374,6 +1374,22 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. The total amount of swap currently being used by the cgroup and its descendants. + memory.swap.high + A read-write single value file which exists on non-root + cgroups. The default is "max". + + Swap usage throttle limit. If a cgroup's swap usage exceeds + this limit, all its further allocations will be throttled to + allow userspace to implement custom out-of-memory procedures. + + This limit marks a point of no return for the cgroup. It is NOT + designed to manage the amount of swapping a workload does + during regular operation. Compare to memory.swap.max, which + prohibits swapping past a set amount, but lets the cgroup + continue unimpeded as long as other memory can be reclaimed. + + Healthy workloads are not expected to reach this limit. + memory.swap.max A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. The default is "max". @@ -1387,6 +1403,10 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. otherwise, a value change in this file generates a file modified event. + high + The number of times the cgroup's swap usage was over + the high threshold. + max The number of times the cgroup's swap usage was about to go over the max boundary and swap allocation |