From 1e111452d457ceedec8a57fc3d45b1312e736fba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:22:36 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] memcg: update memcg_test.txt to describe memory thresholds Decription of sanity check for memory thresholds. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Cc: Paul Menage Cc: Li Zefan Cc: Balbir Singh Cc: Pavel Emelyanov Cc: Dan Malek Cc: Daisuke Nishimura Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt index e01148886b5b..4d32e0ed1917 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt @@ -396,3 +396,24 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y. memory.stat of both A and B. See 8.2 of Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt to see what value should be written to move_charge_at_immigrate. + + 9.10 Memory thresholds + Memory controler implements memory thresholds using cgroups notification + API. You can use Documentation/cgroups/cgroup_event_listener.c to test + it. + + (Shell-A) Create cgroup and run event listener + # mkdir /cgroup/A + # ./cgroup_event_listener /cgroup/A/memory.usage_in_bytes 5M + + (Shell-B) Add task to cgroup and try to allocate and free memory + # echo $$ >/cgroup/A/tasks + # a="$(dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=10)" + # a= + + You will see message from cgroup_event_listener every time you cross + the thresholds. + + Use /cgroup/A/memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes to test memsw thresholds. + + It's good idea to test root cgroup as well.