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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-09-27 00:05:07 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-09-27 00:05:07 +0200
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man: drop references to "cgroup" wher appropriate
Since cgroups are mostly now an implementation detail of systemd lets deemphasize it a bit in the man pages. This renames systemd.cgroup(5) to systemd.resource-control(5) and uses the term "resource control" rather than "cgroup" where appropriate. This leaves the word "cgroup" in at a couple of places though, like for example systemd-cgtop and systemd-cgls where cgroup stuff is at the core of what is happening.
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+<refentry id="systemd.resource-control">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd.resource-control</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd.resource-control</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Resource control unit settings</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para>
+ <filename><replaceable>slice</replaceable>.slice</filename>,
+ <filename><replaceable>scope</replaceable>.scope</filename>,
+ <filename><replaceable>service</replaceable>.service</filename>,
+ <filename><replaceable>socket</replaceable>.socket</filename>,
+ <filename><replaceable>mount</replaceable>.mount</filename>,
+ <filename><replaceable>swap</replaceable>.swap</filename>
+ </para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Unit configuration files for services, slices, scopes,
+ sockets, mount points, and swap devices share a subset of
+ configuration options for resource control of spawned
+ processes. Internally, this relies on the the Control Groups
+ kernel concept for organizing processes in a hierarchial tree of
+ named groups for the purpose of resource management.</para>
+
+ <para>This man page lists the configuration options shared by
+ those six unit types. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for the common options of all unit configuration files, and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more information on the specific unit configuration files. The
+ resource control configuration options are configured in the
+ [Slice], [Scope], [Service], [Socket], [Mount], or [Swap]
+ sections, depending on the unit type.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>Units of the types listed above can have settings
+ for resource control configuration:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='unit-directives'>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>CPUAccounting=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Turn on CPU usage accounting for this unit. Takes a
+ boolean argument. Note that turning on CPU accounting for
+ one unit might also implicitly turn it on for all units
+ contained in the same slice and for all its parent slices and
+ the units contained therein.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>CPUShares=<replaceable>weight</replaceable></varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Assign the specified overall CPU time share weight to
+ the processes executed. Takes an integer value. This
+ controls the <literal>cpu.shares</literal> control group
+ attribute, which defaults to 1024. For details about this
+ control group attribute, see <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt">sched-design-CFS.txt</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>Implies <literal>CPUAccounting=true</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MemoryAccounting=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Turn on process and kernel memory accounting for this
+ unit. Takes a boolean argument. Note that turning on memory
+ accounting for one unit might also implicitly turn it on for
+ all units contained in the same slice and for all its parent
+ slices and the units contained therein.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MemoryLimit=<replaceable>bytes</replaceable></varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specify the limit on maximum memory usage of the
+ executed processes. The limit specifies how much process and
+ kernel memory can be used by tasks in this unit. Takes a
+ memory size in bytes. If the value is suffixed with K, M, G
+ or T, the specified memory size is parsed as Kilobytes,
+ Megabytes, Gigabytes, or Terabytes (with the base 1024),
+ respectively. This controls the
+ <literal>memory.limit_in_bytes</literal> control group
+ attribute. For details about this control group attribute,
+ see <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt">memory.txt</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>Implies <literal>MemoryAccounting=true</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>BlockIOAccounting=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Turn on Block IO accounting for this unit. Takes a
+ boolean argument. Note that turning on block IO accounting
+ for one unit might also implicitly turn it on for all units
+ contained in the same slice and all for its parent slices and
+ the units contained therein.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>BlockIOWeight=<replaceable>weight</replaceable></varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the default
+ overall block IO weight for the
+ executed processes. Takes a single
+ weight value (between 10 and 1000) to
+ set the default block IO weight. This
+ controls the
+ <literal>blkio.weight</literal>
+ control group attribute, which
+ defaults to 1000. For details about
+ this control group attribute, see
+ <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt">blkio-controller.txt</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>Implies
+ <literal>BlockIOAccounting=true</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>BlockIODeviceWeight=<replaceable>device</replaceable> <replaceable>weight</replaceable></varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Set the per-device overall block IO weight for the
+ executed processes. Takes a space-separated pair of a file
+ path and a weight value to specify the device specific
+ weight value, between 10 and 1000. (Example: "/dev/sda
+ 500"). The file path may be specified as path to a block
+ device node or as any other file in which case the backing
+ block device of the file system of the file is
+ determined. This controls the
+ <literal>blkio.weight_device</literal> control group
+ attribute, which defaults to 1000. Use this option multiple
+ times to set weights for multiple devices. For details about
+ this control group attribute, see <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt">blkio-controller.txt</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>Implies
+ <literal>BlockIOAccounting=true</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>BlockIOReadBandwidth=<replaceable>device</replaceable> <replaceable>bytes</replaceable></varname></term>
+ <term><varname>BlockIOWriteBandwidth=<replaceable>device</replaceable> <replaceable>bytes</replaceable></varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Set the per-device overall block IO bandwidth limit
+ for the executed processes. Takes a space-separated pair of
+ a file path and a bandwidth value (in bytes per second) to
+ specify the device specific bandwidth. The file path may be
+ a path to a block device node, or as any other file in which
+ case the backing block device of the file system of the file
+ is used. If the bandwidth is suffixed with K, M, G, or T,
+ the specified bandwidth is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes,
+ Gigabytes, or Terabytes, respectively (Example:
+ "/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0 5M"). This
+ controls the <literal>blkio.read_bps_device</literal> and
+ <literal>blkio.write_bps_device</literal> control group
+ attributes. Use this option multiple times to set bandwidth
+ limits for multiple devices. For details about these control
+ group attributes, see
+ <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt">blkio-controller.txt</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Implies
+ <literal>BlockIOAccounting=true</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>DeviceAllow=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Control access to specific device nodes by the
+ executed processes. Takes two space-separated strings: a
+ device node path (such as <filename>/dev/null</filename>)
+ followed by a combination of <constant>r</constant>,
+ <constant>w</constant>, <constant>m</constant> to control
+ <emphasis>r</emphasis>eading, <emphasis>w</emphasis>riting,
+ or creation of the specific device node by the unit
+ (<emphasis>m</emphasis>knod), respectively. This controls
+ the <literal>devices.allow</literal> and
+ <literal>devices.deny</literal> control group
+ attributes. For details about these control group attributes,
+ see <ulink
+ url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt">devices.txt</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>DevicePolicy=auto|closed|strict</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Control the policy for allowing device access:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>strict</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>means to only allow types of access that are
+ explicitly specified.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>closed</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>in addition, allows access to standard pseudo
+ devices including
+ <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
+ <filename>/dev/zero</filename>,
+ <filename>/dev/full</filename>,
+ <filename>/dev/random</filename>, and
+ <filename>/dev/urandom</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>auto</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ in addition, allows access to all devices if no
+ explicit <varname>DeviceAllow=</varname> is present.
+ This is the default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Slice=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The name of the slice unit to place the unit
+ in. Defaults to <filename>system.slice</filename> for all
+ non-instantiated units of all unit types (except for slice
+ units themselves see below). Instance units are by default
+ placed in a subslice of <filename>system.slice</filename>
+ that is named after the template name.</para>
+
+ <para>This option may be used to arrange systemd units in a
+ hierarchy of slices each of which might have resource
+ settings applied.</para>
+
+ <para>For units of type slice, the only accepted value for
+ this setting is the parent slice. Since the name of a slice
+ unit implies the parent slice, it is hence redundant to ever
+ set this parameter directly for slice units.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ The documentation for control groups and specific controllers in the Linux kernel:
+ <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt">cgroups.txt</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt">cpuacct.txt</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt">memory.txt</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt">blkio-controller.txt</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>