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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index 1a16ce68a4d7..1edc26622594 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ 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 cpu controller doesn't yet fully support the control of +WARNING: cgroup2 cpu controller doesn't yet support the (bandwidth) 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 @@ -1095,19 +1095,34 @@ realtime processes irrespective of CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED. CPU Interface Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -All time durations are in microseconds. +The interaction of a process with the cpu controller depends on its scheduling +policy and the underlying scheduler. From the point of view of the cpu controller, +processes can be categorized as follows: + +* Processes under the fair-class scheduler +* Processes under a BPF scheduler with the ``cgroup_set_weight`` callback +* Everything else: ``SCHED_{FIFO,RR,DEADLINE}`` and processes under a BPF scheduler + without the ``cgroup_set_weight`` callback + +For details on when a process is under the fair-class scheduler or a BPF scheduler, +check out :ref:`Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst <sched-ext>`. + +For each of the following interface files, the above categories +will be referred to. All time durations are in microseconds. cpu.stat A read-only flat-keyed file. This file exists whether the controller is enabled or not. - It always reports the following three stats: + It always reports the following three stats, which account for all the + processes in the cgroup: - usage_usec - user_usec - system_usec - and the following five when the controller is enabled: + and the following five when the controller is enabled, which account for + only the processes under the fair-class scheduler: - nr_periods - nr_throttled @@ -1125,6 +1140,10 @@ All time durations are in microseconds. If the cgroup has been configured to be SCHED_IDLE (cpu.idle = 1), then the weight will show as a 0. + This file affects only processes under the fair-class scheduler and a BPF + scheduler with the ``cgroup_set_weight`` callback depending on what the + callback actually does. + cpu.weight.nice A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. The default is "0". @@ -1137,6 +1156,10 @@ All time durations are in microseconds. granularity is coarser for the nice values, the read value is the closest approximation of the current weight. + This file affects only processes under the fair-class scheduler and a BPF + scheduler with the ``cgroup_set_weight`` callback depending on what the + callback actually does. + cpu.max A read-write two value file which exists on non-root cgroups. The default is "max 100000". @@ -1149,43 +1172,55 @@ All time durations are in microseconds. $PERIOD duration. "max" for $MAX indicates no limit. If only one number is written, $MAX is updated. + This file affects only processes under the fair-class scheduler. + cpu.max.burst A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. The default is "0". The burst in the range [0, $MAX]. + This file affects only processes under the fair-class scheduler. + cpu.pressure A read-write nested-keyed file. Shows pressure stall information for CPU. See :ref:`Documentation/accounting/psi.rst <psi>` for details. + This file accounts for all the processes in the cgroup. + cpu.uclamp.min - A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. - The default is "0", i.e. no utilization boosting. + A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. + The default is "0", i.e. no utilization boosting. + + The requested minimum utilization (protection) as a percentage + rational number, e.g. 12.34 for 12.34%. - The requested minimum utilization (protection) as a percentage - rational number, e.g. 12.34 for 12.34%. + This interface allows reading and setting minimum utilization clamp + values similar to the sched_setattr(2). This minimum utilization + value is used to clamp the task specific minimum utilization clamp, + including those of realtime processes. - This interface allows reading and setting minimum utilization clamp - values similar to the sched_setattr(2). This minimum utilization - value is used to clamp the task specific minimum utilization clamp. + The requested minimum utilization (protection) is always capped by + the current value for the maximum utilization (limit), i.e. + `cpu.uclamp.max`. - The requested minimum utilization (protection) is always capped by - the current value for the maximum utilization (limit), i.e. - `cpu.uclamp.max`. + This file affects all the processes in the cgroup. cpu.uclamp.max - A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. - The default is "max". i.e. no utilization capping + A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. + The default is "max". i.e. no utilization capping + + The requested maximum utilization (limit) as a percentage rational + number, e.g. 98.76 for 98.76%. - The requested maximum utilization (limit) as a percentage rational - number, e.g. 98.76 for 98.76%. + This interface allows reading and setting maximum utilization clamp + values similar to the sched_setattr(2). This maximum utilization + value is used to clamp the task specific maximum utilization clamp, + including those of realtime processes. - This interface allows reading and setting maximum utilization clamp - values similar to the sched_setattr(2). This maximum utilization - value is used to clamp the task specific maximum utilization clamp. + This file affects all the processes in the cgroup. cpu.idle A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. @@ -1197,7 +1232,7 @@ All time durations are in microseconds. own relative priorities, but the cgroup itself will be treated as very low priority relative to its peers. - + This file affects only processes under the fair-class scheduler. Memory ------ @@ -3019,7 +3054,7 @@ Filesystem Support for Writeback -------------------------------- A filesystem can support cgroup writeback by updating -address_space_operations->writepage[s]() to annotate bio's using the +address_space_operations->writepages() to annotate bio's using the following two functions. wbc_init_bio(@wbc, @bio) |