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@@ -1005,10 +1005,17 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back.
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A read-write single value file which exists on non-root
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A read-write single value file which exists on non-root
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cgroups. The default is "0".
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cgroups. The default is "0".
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- Best-effort memory protection. If the memory usages of a
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- cgroup and all its ancestors are below their low boundaries,
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- the cgroup's memory won't be reclaimed unless memory can be
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- reclaimed from unprotected cgroups.
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+ Best-effort memory protection. If the memory usage of a
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+ cgroup is within its effective low boundary, the cgroup's
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+ memory won't be reclaimed unless memory can be reclaimed
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+ from unprotected cgroups.
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+
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+ Effective low boundary is limited by memory.low values of
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+ all ancestor cgroups. If there is memory.low overcommitment
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+ (child cgroup or cgroups are requiring more protected memory,
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+ than parent will allow), then each child cgroup will get
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+ the part of parent's protection proportional to the its
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+ actual memory usage below memory.low.
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Putting more memory than generally available under this
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Putting more memory than generally available under this
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protection is discouraged.
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protection is discouraged.
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@@ -1950,17 +1957,8 @@ system performance due to overreclaim, to the point where the feature
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becomes self-defeating.
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becomes self-defeating.
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The memory.low boundary on the other hand is a top-down allocated
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The memory.low boundary on the other hand is a top-down allocated
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-reserve. A cgroup enjoys reclaim protection when it and all its
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-ancestors are below their low boundaries, which makes delegation of
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-subtrees possible. Secondly, new cgroups have no reserve per default
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-and in the common case most cgroups are eligible for the preferred
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-reclaim pass. This allows the new low boundary to be efficiently
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-implemented with just a minor addition to the generic reclaim code,
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-without the need for out-of-band data structures and reclaim passes.
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-Because the generic reclaim code considers all cgroups except for the
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-ones running low in the preferred first reclaim pass, overreclaim of
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-individual groups is eliminated as well, resulting in much better
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-overall workload performance.
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+reserve. A cgroup enjoys reclaim protection when it's within its low,
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+which makes delegation of subtrees possible.
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The original high boundary, the hard limit, is defined as a strict
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The original high boundary, the hard limit, is defined as a strict
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limit that can not budge, even if the OOM killer has to be called.
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limit that can not budge, even if the OOM killer has to be called.
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