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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index 622a7f28db1f..606b2e0eac4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -210,6 +210,35 @@ cgroup v2 currently supports the following mount options. relying on the original semantics (e.g. specifying bogusly high 'bypass' protection values at higher tree levels). + memory_hugetlb_accounting + Count HugeTLB memory usage towards the cgroup's overall + memory usage for the memory controller (for the purpose of + statistics reporting and memory protetion). This is a new + behavior that could regress existing setups, so it must be + explicitly opted in with this mount option. + + A few caveats to keep in mind: + + * There is no HugeTLB pool management involved in the memory + controller. The pre-allocated pool does not belong to anyone. + Specifically, when a new HugeTLB folio is allocated to + the pool, it is not accounted for from the perspective of the + memory controller. It is only charged to a cgroup when it is + actually used (for e.g at page fault time). Host memory + overcommit management has to consider this when configuring + hard limits. In general, HugeTLB pool management should be + done via other mechanisms (such as the HugeTLB controller). + * Failure to charge a HugeTLB folio to the memory controller + results in SIGBUS. This could happen even if the HugeTLB pool + still has pages available (but the cgroup limit is hit and + reclaim attempt fails). + * Charging HugeTLB memory towards the memory controller affects + memory protection and reclaim dynamics. Any userspace tuning + (of low, min limits for e.g) needs to take this into account. + * HugeTLB pages utilized while this option is not selected + will not be tracked by the memory controller (even if cgroup + v2 is remounted later on). + Organizing Processes and Threads -------------------------------- |