[PATCH] memcg: clarify use_hierarchy documentation

From: Greg Thelen
Date: Wed Feb 16 2011 - 20:52:24 EST


The memcg code does not allow changing memory.use_hierarchy if the
parent cgroup has enabled use_hierarchy. Update documentation to match
the code.

Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
index 7781857..b6ed61c 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
@@ -485,8 +485,9 @@ The feature can be disabled by

# echo 0 > memory.use_hierarchy

-NOTE1: Enabling/disabling will fail if the cgroup already has other
- cgroups created below it.
+NOTE1: Enabling/disabling will fail if either the cgroup already has other
+ cgroups created below it, or if the parent cgroup has use_hierarchy
+ enabled.

NOTE2: When panic_on_oom is set to "2", the whole system will panic in
case of an OOM event in any cgroup.
--
1.7.3.1

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