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author | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2010-03-26 15:55:59 +0100 |
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committer | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2010-03-26 15:55:59 +0100 |
commit | 329f9052dbadf6f4afe2231668bd00c579a4aa10 (patch) | |
tree | e080a5c70df40f3ae8cf28a95a3267757668ab97 /Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt | |
parent | mtd/maps/pismo: remove dangling pointer and a leak (diff) | |
parent | Linux 2.6.34-rc2 (diff) | |
download | linux-329f9052dbadf6f4afe2231668bd00c579a4aa10.tar.xz linux-329f9052dbadf6f4afe2231668bd00c579a4aa10.zip |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c
Maxim's patch to initialise sysfs attributes depends on the patch which
actually adds sysfs_attr_init().
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt')
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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt index 72db89ed0609..f7f68b2ac199 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Memory Resource Controller(Memcg) Implementation Memo. -Last Updated: 2009/1/20 -Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.29-rc2. +Last Updated: 2010/2 +Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.33-rc7-mm(candidate for 34). Because VM is getting complex (one of reasons is memcg...), memcg's behavior is complex. This is a document for memcg's internal behavior. @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y. race and lock dependency with other cgroup subsystems. example) - # mount -t cgroup none /cgroup -t cpuset,memory,cpu,devices + # mount -t cgroup none /cgroup -o cpuset,memory,cpu,devices and do task move, mkdir, rmdir etc...under this. @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y. For example, test like following is good. (Shell-A) - # mount -t cgroup none /cgroup -t memory + # mount -t cgroup none /cgroup -o memory # mkdir /cgroup/test # echo 40M > /cgroup/test/memory.limit_in_bytes # echo 0 > /cgroup/test/tasks @@ -378,3 +378,42 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y. #echo 50M > memory.limit_in_bytes #echo 50M > memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes run 51M of malloc + + 9.9 Move charges at task migration + Charges associated with a task can be moved along with task migration. + + (Shell-A) + #mkdir /cgroup/A + #echo $$ >/cgroup/A/tasks + run some programs which uses some amount of memory in /cgroup/A. + + (Shell-B) + #mkdir /cgroup/B + #echo 1 >/cgroup/B/memory.move_charge_at_immigrate + #echo "pid of the program running in group A" >/cgroup/B/tasks + + You can see charges have been moved by reading *.usage_in_bytes or + memory.stat of both A and B. + See 8.2 of Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt to see what value should be + written to move_charge_at_immigrate. + + 9.10 Memory thresholds + Memory controler implements memory thresholds using cgroups notification + API. You can use Documentation/cgroups/cgroup_event_listener.c to test + it. + + (Shell-A) Create cgroup and run event listener + # mkdir /cgroup/A + # ./cgroup_event_listener /cgroup/A/memory.usage_in_bytes 5M + + (Shell-B) Add task to cgroup and try to allocate and free memory + # echo $$ >/cgroup/A/tasks + # a="$(dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=10)" + # a= + + You will see message from cgroup_event_listener every time you cross + the thresholds. + + Use /cgroup/A/memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes to test memsw thresholds. + + It's good idea to test root cgroup as well. |