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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-09 13:52:12 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-09 13:52:12 -0700
commitabde77eb5c66b2f98539c4644b54f34b7e179e6b (patch)
treecc6f6142641397e895fba9a19d0971f3827d7422 /Documentation
parent23c970608a0931b913f96f6117ea3e9e1bc06959 (diff)
parentf2b31bb598248c04721cb8485e6091a9feb045ac (diff)
Merge branch 'for-5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup
Pull cgroup updates from Tejun Heo: "This includes Roman's cgroup2 freezer implementation. It's a separate machanism from cgroup1 freezer. Instead of blocking user tasks in arbitrary uninterruptible sleeps, the new implementation extends jobctl stop - frozen tasks are trapped in jobctl stop until thawed and can be killed and ptraced. Lots of thanks to Oleg for sheperding the effort. Other than that, there are a few trivial changes" * 'for-5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup: cgroup: never call do_group_exit() with task->frozen bit set kernel: cgroup: fix misuse of %x cgroup: get rid of cgroup_freezer_frozen_exit() cgroup: prevent spurious transition into non-frozen state cgroup: Remove unused cgrp variable cgroup: document cgroup v2 freezer interface cgroup: add tracing points for cgroup v2 freezer cgroup: make TRACE_CGROUP_PATH irq-safe kselftests: cgroup: add freezer controller self-tests kselftests: cgroup: don't fail on cg_kill_all() error in cg_destroy() cgroup: cgroup v2 freezer cgroup: protect cgroup->nr_(dying_)descendants by css_set_lock cgroup: implement __cgroup_task_count() helper cgroup: rename freezer.c into legacy_freezer.c cgroup: remove extra cgroup_migrate_finish() call
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index 20f92c16ffbf..88e746074252 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -864,6 +864,8 @@ All cgroup core files are prefixed with "cgroup."
populated
1 if the cgroup or its descendants contains any live
processes; otherwise, 0.
+ frozen
+ 1 if the cgroup is frozen; otherwise, 0.
cgroup.max.descendants
A read-write single value files. The default is "max".
@@ -897,6 +899,31 @@ All cgroup core files are prefixed with "cgroup."
A dying cgroup can consume system resources not exceeding
limits, which were active at the moment of cgroup deletion.
+ cgroup.freeze
+ A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups.
+ Allowed values are "0" and "1". The default is "0".
+
+ Writing "1" to the file causes freezing of the cgroup and all
+ descendant cgroups. This means that all belonging processes will
+ be stopped and will not run until the cgroup will be explicitly
+ unfrozen. Freezing of the cgroup may take some time; when this action
+ is completed, the "frozen" value in the cgroup.events control file
+ will be updated to "1" and the corresponding notification will be
+ issued.
+
+ A cgroup can be frozen either by its own settings, or by settings
+ of any ancestor cgroups. If any of ancestor cgroups is frozen, the
+ cgroup will remain frozen.
+
+ Processes in the frozen cgroup can be killed by a fatal signal.
+ They also can enter and leave a frozen cgroup: either by an explicit
+ move by a user, or if freezing of the cgroup races with fork().
+ If a process is moved to a frozen cgroup, it stops. If a process is
+ moved out of a frozen cgroup, it becomes running.
+
+ Frozen status of a cgroup doesn't affect any cgroup tree operations:
+ it's possible to delete a frozen (and empty) cgroup, as well as
+ create new sub-cgroups.
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