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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 cgroup/for-4.15-fixes] cgroup: add warning about RT not being supported on cgroup2
On 5 December 2017 at 19:29, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
> From f0a821260f24ea9378ed0e0c149e3bbc1a1bd008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 09:10:17 -0800
>
> We haven't yet figured out what to do with RT threads on cgroup2.
> Document the limitation.
>
> v2: Included the warning about system management software behavior as
> suggested by Michael.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Reported-by: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt
> index 779211f..c5e3c21 100644
> --- a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt
> @@ -898,6 +898,13 @@ controller implements weight and absolute bandwidth limit models for
> normal scheduling policy and absolute bandwidth allocation model for
> realtime scheduling policy.
>
> +WARNING: cgroup2 doesn't yet support control of realtime processes and
> +the cpu controller can only be enabled when all RT processes are in
> +the root cgroup. Be aware that that system management software may

Sorry, there was a fault in my text: s/that that/that/

Thanks,

Michael



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