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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-08-22 12:34:08 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-08-22 12:34:08 -0700
commitcd9b44f90763c3367e8dd0601849ffb028e8ba52 (patch)
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parent2a9d6481004215da8e93edb588cf448f2af80303 (diff)
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Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge more updates from Andrew Morton: - the rest of MM - procfs updates - various misc things - more y2038 fixes - get_maintainer updates - lib/ updates - checkpatch updates - various epoll updates - autofs updates - hfsplus - some reiserfs work - fatfs updates - signal.c cleanups - ipc/ updates * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (166 commits) ipc/util.c: update return value of ipc_getref from int to bool ipc/util.c: further variable name cleanups ipc: simplify ipc initialization ipc: get rid of ids->tables_initialized hack lib/rhashtable: guarantee initial hashtable allocation lib/rhashtable: simplify bucket_table_alloc() ipc: drop ipc_lock() ipc/util.c: correct comment in ipc_obtain_object_check ipc: rename ipcctl_pre_down_nolock() ipc/util.c: use ipc_rcu_putref() for failues in ipc_addid() ipc: reorganize initialization of kern_ipc_perm.seq ipc: compute kern_ipc_perm.id under the ipc lock init/Kconfig: remove EXPERT from CHECKPOINT_RESTORE fs/sysv/inode.c: use ktime_get_real_seconds() for superblock stamp adfs: use timespec64 for time conversion kernel/sysctl.c: fix typos in comments drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c: remove redundant pointer md fork: don't copy inconsistent signal handler state to child signal: make get_signal() return bool signal: make sigkill_pending() return bool ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt2
5 files changed, 41 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index 1746131bc9cb..184193bcb262 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -1072,6 +1072,24 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back.
high limit is used and monitored properly, this limit's
utility is limited to providing the final safety net.
+ memory.oom.group
+ A read-write single value file which exists on non-root
+ cgroups. The default value is "0".
+
+ Determines whether the cgroup should be treated as
+ an indivisible workload by the OOM killer. If set,
+ all tasks belonging to the cgroup or to its descendants
+ (if the memory cgroup is not a leaf cgroup) are killed
+ together or not at all. This can be used to avoid
+ partial kills to guarantee workload integrity.
+
+ Tasks with the OOM protection (oom_score_adj set to -1000)
+ are treated as an exception and are never killed.
+
+ If the OOM killer is invoked in a cgroup, it's not going
+ to kill any tasks outside of this cgroup, regardless
+ memory.oom.group values of ancestor cgroups.
+
memory.events
A read-only flat-keyed file which exists on non-root cgroups.
The following entries are defined. Unless specified
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index bffb0caa3693..970d837bd57f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3041,8 +3041,9 @@
on: enable the feature
page_poison= [KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
- poisoning on the buddy allocator.
- off: turn off poisoning
+ poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
+ CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
+ off: turn off poisoning (default)
on: turn on poisoning
panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 1605acbb23b6..22b4b00dee31 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ Committed_AS: 100056 kB
VmallocTotal: 112216 kB
VmallocUsed: 428 kB
VmallocChunk: 111088 kB
+Percpu: 62080 kB
HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB
AnonHugePages: 49152 kB
ShmemHugePages: 0 kB
@@ -962,6 +963,8 @@ Committed_AS: The amount of memory presently allocated on the system.
VmallocTotal: total size of vmalloc memory area
VmallocUsed: amount of vmalloc area which is used
VmallocChunk: largest contiguous block of vmalloc area which is free
+ Percpu: Memory allocated to the percpu allocator used to back percpu
+ allocations. This stat excludes the cost of metadata.
..............................................................................
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 59585030cbaf..37a679501ddc 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- hung_task_panic
- hung_task_check_count
- hung_task_timeout_secs
+- hung_task_check_interval_secs
- hung_task_warnings
- hyperv_record_panic_msg
- kexec_load_disabled
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
hung_task_timeout_secs:
-Check interval. When a task in D state did not get scheduled
+When a task in D state did not get scheduled
for more than this value report a warning.
This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
@@ -364,6 +365,18 @@ Possible values to set are in range {0..LONG_MAX/HZ}.
==============================================================
+hung_task_check_interval_secs:
+
+Hung task check interval. If hung task checking is enabled
+(see hung_task_timeout_secs), the check is done every
+hung_task_check_interval_secs seconds.
+This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
+
+0 (default): means use hung_task_timeout_secs as checking interval.
+Possible values to set are in range {0..LONG_MAX/HZ}.
+
+==============================================================
+
hung_task_warnings:
The maximum number of warnings to report. During a check interval
@@ -451,7 +464,8 @@ Notes:
1) kernel doesn't guarantee, that new object will have desired id. So,
it's up to userspace, how to handle an object with "wrong" id.
2) Toggle with non-default value will be set back to -1 by kernel after
-successful IPC object allocation.
+successful IPC object allocation. If an IPC object allocation syscall
+fails, it is undefined if the value remains unmodified or is reset to -1.
==============================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index e72853b6d725..7d73882e2c27 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ and don't use much of it.
The default value is 0.
See Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting.rst and
-mm/mmap.c::__vm_enough_memory() for more information.
+mm/util.c::__vm_enough_memory() for more information.
==============================================================