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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index 315ede811c9d..7e61288430b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1075,15 +1075,20 @@ cpufreq governor about the minimum desired frequency which should always be provided by a CPU, as well as the maximum desired frequency, which should not be exceeded by a CPU. -WARNING: cgroup2 doesn't yet support control of realtime processes. For -a kernel built with the CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED option enabled for group -scheduling of realtime processes, the cpu controller can only be enabled -when all RT processes are in the root cgroup. This limitation does -not apply if CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is disabled. Be aware that system -management software may already have placed RT processes into nonroot -cgroups during the system boot process, and these processes may need -to be moved to the root cgroup before the cpu controller can be enabled -with a CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED enabled kernel. +WARNING: cgroup2 cpu controller doesn't yet fully support the control of +realtime processes. For a kernel built with the CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED option +enabled for group scheduling of realtime processes, the cpu controller can only +be enabled when all RT processes are in the root cgroup. Be aware that system +management software may already have placed RT processes into non-root cgroups +during the system boot process, and these processes may need to be moved to the +root cgroup before the cpu controller can be enabled with a +CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED enabled kernel. + +With CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED disabled, this limitation does not apply and some of +the interface files either affect realtime processes or account for them. See +the following section for details. Only the cpu controller is affected by +CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED. Other controllers can be used for the resource control of +realtime processes irrespective of CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED. CPU Interface Files |