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@@ -705,6 +705,12 @@ Conventions
informational files on the root cgroup which end up showing global
information available elsewhere shouldn't exist.
+- The default time unit is microseconds. If a different unit is ever
+ used, an explicit unit suffix must be present.
+
+- A parts-per quantity should use a percentage decimal with at least
+ two digit fractional part - e.g. 13.40.
+
- If a controller implements weight based resource distribution, its
interface file should be named "weight" and have the range [1,
10000] with 100 as the default. The values are chosen to allow
@@ -1140,6 +1146,11 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back.
otherwise, a value change in this file generates a file
modified event.
+ Note that all fields in this file are hierarchical and the
+ file modified event can be generated due to an event down the
+ hierarchy. For for the local events at the cgroup level see
+ memory.events.local.
+
low
The number of times the cgroup is reclaimed due to
high memory pressure even though its usage is under
@@ -1179,6 +1190,11 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back.
The number of processes belonging to this cgroup
killed by any kind of OOM killer.
+ memory.events.local
+ Similar to memory.events but the fields in the file are local
+ to the cgroup i.e. not hierarchical. The file modified event
+ generated on this file reflects only the local events.
+
memory.stat
A read-only flat-keyed file which exists on non-root cgroups.