Re: [PATCH] docs: cgroup-v1: Document the cpuset_v2_mode mount option

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Sat Mar 28 2020 - 07:50:42 EST


On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 09:47:48PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> The cpuset in cgroup v1 accepts a special "cpuset_v2_mode" mount
> option that make cpuset.cpus and cpuset.mems behave more like those in
> cgroup v2. Document it to make other people more aware of this feature
> that can be useful in some circumstances.
>
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,

- Joel

> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst
> index 86a6ae995d54..7ade3abd342a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst
> @@ -223,6 +223,17 @@ cpu_online_mask using a CPU hotplug notifier, and the mems file
> automatically tracks the value of node_states[N_MEMORY]--i.e.,
> nodes with memory--using the cpuset_track_online_nodes() hook.
>
> +The cpuset.effective_cpus and cpuset.effective_mems files are
> +normally read-only copies of cpuset.cpus and cpuset.mems files
> +respectively. If the cpuset cgroup filesystem is mounted with the
> +special "cpuset_v2_mode" option, the behavior of these files will become
> +similar to the corresponding files in cpuset v2. In other words, hotplug
> +events will not change cpuset.cpus and cpuset.mems. Those events will
> +only affect cpuset.effective_cpus and cpuset.effective_mems which show
> +the actual cpus and memory nodes that are currently used by this cpuset.
> +See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst for more information about
> +cpuset v2 behavior.
> +
>
> 1.4 What are exclusive cpusets ?
> --------------------------------
> --
> 2.18.1
>