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@@ -210,6 +210,35 @@ cgroup v2 currently supports the following mount options.
relying on the original semantics (e.g. specifying bogusly
high 'bypass' protection values at higher tree levels).
+ memory_hugetlb_accounting
+ Count HugeTLB memory usage towards the cgroup's overall
+ memory usage for the memory controller (for the purpose of
+ statistics reporting and memory protetion). This is a new
+ behavior that could regress existing setups, so it must be
+ explicitly opted in with this mount option.
+
+ A few caveats to keep in mind:
+
+ * There is no HugeTLB pool management involved in the memory
+ controller. The pre-allocated pool does not belong to anyone.
+ Specifically, when a new HugeTLB folio is allocated to
+ the pool, it is not accounted for from the perspective of the
+ memory controller. It is only charged to a cgroup when it is
+ actually used (for e.g at page fault time). Host memory
+ overcommit management has to consider this when configuring
+ hard limits. In general, HugeTLB pool management should be
+ done via other mechanisms (such as the HugeTLB controller).
+ * Failure to charge a HugeTLB folio to the memory controller
+ results in SIGBUS. This could happen even if the HugeTLB pool
+ still has pages available (but the cgroup limit is hit and
+ reclaim attempt fails).
+ * Charging HugeTLB memory towards the memory controller affects
+ memory protection and reclaim dynamics. Any userspace tuning
+ (of low, min limits for e.g) needs to take this into account.
+ * HugeTLB pages utilized while this option is not selected
+ will not be tracked by the memory controller (even if cgroup
+ v2 is remounted later on).
+
Organizing Processes and Threads
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@@ -1539,6 +1568,15 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back.
collapsing an existing range of pages. This counter is not
present when CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE is not set.
+ thp_swpout (npn)
+ Number of transparent hugepages which are swapout in one piece
+ without splitting.
+
+ thp_swpout_fallback (npn)
+ Number of transparent hugepages which were split before swapout.
+ Usually because failed to allocate some continuous swap space
+ for the huge page.
+
memory.numa_stat
A read-only nested-keyed file which exists on non-root cgroups.