From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5407CC47097 for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2021 21:25:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CB47613FF for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2021 21:25:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230314AbhFCV0x (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jun 2021 17:26:53 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([216.205.24.124]:30185 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230265AbhFCV0t (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jun 2021 17:26:49 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1622755503; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=thMjmtJh5+hm9zST5bagiDDjjocf7BWJz4f5zZJsM5c=; b=SK7sjfMnj6SR4Aa2/ZUVTNrbJuxzQNoPbMv6PP7hOor9G8vMxyIKcQBBs+XGQ/CSoi98or sPwZryTZRjfEWYmvh5EOP9tOl7p3b4mkIHVsVHHyJ2oIaWAi2sMLribYqlkEtTajLctFE/ eGcgUkJLBcFFFkmFP+W0RY2BKUBbwfs= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-315-SmUDUhhCMpKbkpLm1y9EOg-1; Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:25:00 -0400 X-MC-Unique: SmUDUhhCMpKbkpLm1y9EOg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA602107ACC7; Thu, 3 Jun 2021 21:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from llong.com (ovpn-116-222.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.116.222]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69AA460D06; Thu, 3 Jun 2021 21:24:57 +0000 (UTC) From: Waiman Long To: Tejun Heo , Zefan Li , Johannes Weiner , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Roman Gushchin , Phil Auld , Peter Zijlstra , Juri Lelli , Waiman Long Subject: [PATCH 4/5] cgroup/cpuset: Update description of cpuset.cpus.partition in cgroup-v2.rst Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 17:24:15 -0400 Message-Id: <20210603212416.25934-5-longman@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20210603212416.25934-1-longman@redhat.com> References: <20210603212416.25934-1-longman@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Update Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst on the new "root-nolb" cpuset partition type as well as the ability to create non-top cpuset partition with no cpu allocated to it. Signed-off-by: Waiman Long --- Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index b1e81aa8598a..36a923cabeb0 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -2010,8 +2010,9 @@ Cpuset Interface Files It accepts only the following input values when written to. ======== ================================ - "root" a partition root - "member" a non-root member of a partition + "member" Non-root member of a partition + "root" Partition root + "root-nolb" Partition root with no load balancing ======== ================================ When set to be a partition root, the current cgroup is the @@ -2020,6 +2021,10 @@ Cpuset Interface Files partition roots themselves and their descendants. The root cgroup is always a partition root. + With "root-nolb", the CPUs in that partition root will be in an + isolated state with no load balancing by the scheduler. Tasks in + such a partition must be explicitly bind to each individual CPU. + There are constraints on where a partition root can be set. It can only be set in a cgroup if all the following conditions are true. @@ -2038,9 +2043,12 @@ Cpuset Interface Files file cannot be reverted back to "member" if there are any child cgroups with cpuset enabled. - A parent partition cannot distribute all its CPUs to its - child partitions. There must be at least one cpu left in the - parent partition. + A parent partition may distribute all its CPUs to its child + partitions as long as it is not the root cgroup and there is no + task directly associated with that parent partition. Otherwise, + there must be at least one cpu left in the parent partition. + A new task cannot be moved to a partition root with no effective + cpu. Once becoming a partition root, changes to "cpuset.cpus" is generally allowed as long as the first condition above is true, @@ -2056,6 +2064,7 @@ Cpuset Interface Files ============== ============================== "member" Non-root member of a partition "root" Partition root + "root-nolb" Partition root with no load balancing "root invalid" Invalid partition root ============== ============================== -- 2.18.1