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@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ Features:
- oom-killer disable knob and oom-notifier
- Root cgroup has no limit controls.
- Kernel memory and Hugepages are not under control yet. We just manage
- pages on LRU. To add more controls, we have to take care of performance.
+ Kernel memory support is work in progress, and the current version provides
+ basically functionality. (See Section 2.7)
Brief summary of control files.
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ Brief summary of control files.
memory.oom_control # set/show oom controls.
memory.numa_stat # show the number of memory usage per numa node
+ memory.kmem.tcp.limit_in_bytes # set/show hard limit for tcp buf memory
+ memory.kmem.tcp.usage_in_bytes # show current tcp buf memory allocation
+
1. History
The memory controller has a long history. A request for comments for the memory
@@ -255,6 +258,27 @@ When oom event notifier is registered, event will be delivered.
per-zone-per-cgroup LRU (cgroup's private LRU) is just guarded by
zone->lru_lock, it has no lock of its own.
+2.7 Kernel Memory Extension (CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_KMEM)
+
+With the Kernel memory extension, the Memory Controller is able to limit
+the amount of kernel memory used by the system. Kernel memory is fundamentally
+different than user memory, since it can't be swapped out, which makes it
+possible to DoS the system by consuming too much of this precious resource.
+
+Kernel memory limits are not imposed for the root cgroup. Usage for the root
+cgroup may or may not be accounted.
+
+Currently no soft limit is implemented for kernel memory. It is future work
+to trigger slab reclaim when those limits are reached.
+
+2.7.1 Current Kernel Memory resources accounted
+
+* sockets memory pressure: some sockets protocols have memory pressure
+thresholds. The Memory Controller allows them to be controlled individually
+per cgroup, instead of globally.
+
+* tcp memory pressure: sockets memory pressure for the tcp protocol.
+
3. User Interface
0. Configuration