Re: [v3 PATCH 5/5] doc: memcontrol: add description for wipe_on_offline

From: William Kucharski
Date: Thu Jan 10 2019 - 07:00:31 EST


Just a few grammar corrections since this is going into Documentation:


> On Jan 9, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add desprition of wipe_on_offline interface in cgroup documents.
Add a description of the wipe_on_offline interface to the cgroup documents.

> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 9 +++++++++
> Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt | 10 ++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
> index 0290c65..e4ef08c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
> @@ -1303,6 +1303,15 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back.
> memory pressure happens. If you want to avoid that, force_empty will be
> useful.
>
> + memory.wipe_on_offline
> +
> + This is similar to force_empty, but it just does memory reclaim
> + asynchronously in css offline kworker.
> +
> + Writing into 1 will enable it, disable it by writing into 0.
Writing a 1 will enable it; writing a 0 will disable it.

> +
> + It would reclaim as much as possible memory just as what force_empty does.
It will reclaim as much memory as possible, just as force_empty does.

> +
>
> Usage Guidelines
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt
> index 8e2cb1d..1c6e1ca 100644
> --- a/Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt
> @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Brief summary of control files.
> memory.stat # show various statistics
> memory.use_hierarchy # set/show hierarchical account enabled
> memory.force_empty # trigger forced page reclaim
> + memory.wipe_on_offline # trigger forced page reclaim when offlining
> memory.pressure_level # set memory pressure notifications
> memory.swappiness # set/show swappiness parameter of vmscan
> (See sysctl's vm.swappiness)
> @@ -581,6 +582,15 @@ hierarchical_<counter>=<counter pages> N0=<node 0 pages> N1=<node 1 pages> ...
>
> The "total" count is sum of file + anon + unevictable.
>
> +5.7 wipe_on_offline
> +
> +This is similar to force_empty, but it just does memory reclaim asynchronously
> +in css offline kworker.
> +
> +Writing into 1 will enable it, disable it by writing into 0.
Writing a 1 will enable it; writing a 0 will disable it.

> +
> +It would reclaim as much as possible memory just as what force_empty does.
It will reclaim as much memory as possible, just as force_empty does.

> +
> 6. Hierarchy support
>
> The memory controller supports a deep hierarchy and hierarchical accounting.
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>