[PATCH] cgroup: document cgroup_no_v1=

From: Johannes Weiner
Date: Tue Feb 16 2016 - 13:19:11 EST


Add cgroup_no_v1= to kernel-parameters.txt, and a small blurb to
cgroup-v2.txt section about transitioning from cgroup to cgroup2.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt | 6 ++++++
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt
index e2f4e7948a66..e892c7ab39ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ strongly discouraged for production use. It is recommended to decide
the hierarchies and controller associations before starting using the
controllers after system boot.

+During transition to v2, system management software might still
+automount the v1 cgroup filesystem and so hijack all controllers
+during boot, before manual intervention is possible. To make testing
+and experimenting easier, the kernel parameter cgroup_no_v1= allows
+disabling controllers in v1 and make them always available in v2.
+

2-2. Organizing Processes

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 444bff30e1cf..150173f47115 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -608,6 +608,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}

+ cgroup_no_v1= [KNL] Disable one, multiple, all cgroup controllers in v1
+ Format: { controller[,controller...] | "all" }
+ Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
+ the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
+
cgroup.memory= [KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
Format: <string>
nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
--
2.7.1