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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-27 18:42:52 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-27 18:42:52 -0700
commit17bb51d56cdc8cbf252031db3107de034cfeb44c (patch)
treef9fb2c16b29a152d3413fa0028e660e3b6146584 /Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
parent0671b7674f42ab3a200401ea0e48d6f47d34acae (diff)
parent95aac7b1cd224f568fb83937044cd303ff11b029 (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm-incoming-2'
* akpm-incoming-2: (139 commits) epoll: make epoll_wait() use the hrtimer range feature select: rename estimate_accuracy() to select_estimate_accuracy() Remove duplicate includes from many files ramoops: use the platform data structure instead of module params kernel/resource.c: handle reinsertion of an already-inserted resource kfifo: fix kfifo_alloc() to return a signed int value w1: don't allow arbitrary users to remove w1 devices alpha: remove dma64_addr_t usage mips: remove dma64_addr_t usage sparc: remove dma64_addr_t usage fuse: use release_pages() taskstats: use real microsecond granularity for CPU times taskstats: split fill_pid function taskstats: separate taskstats commands delayacct: align to 8 byte boundary on 64-bit systems delay-accounting: reimplement -c for getdelays.c to report information on a target command namespaces Kconfig: move namespace menu location after the cgroup namespaces Kconfig: remove the cgroup device whitelist experimental tag namespaces Kconfig: remove pointless cgroup dependency namespaces Kconfig: make namespace a submenu ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index b34823ff1646..190018b0c649 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ CONTENTS:
1.2 Why are cgroups needed ?
1.3 How are cgroups implemented ?
1.4 What does notify_on_release do ?
- 1.5 How do I use cgroups ?
+ 1.5 What does clone_children do ?
+ 1.6 How do I use cgroups ?
2. Usage Examples and Syntax
2.1 Basic Usage
2.2 Attaching processes
@@ -293,7 +294,16 @@ notify_on_release in the root cgroup at system boot is disabled
value of their parents notify_on_release setting. The default value of
a cgroup hierarchy's release_agent path is empty.
-1.5 How do I use cgroups ?
+1.5 What does clone_children do ?
+---------------------------------
+
+If the clone_children flag is enabled (1) in a cgroup, then all
+cgroups created beneath will call the post_clone callbacks for each
+subsystem of the newly created cgroup. Usually when this callback is
+implemented for a subsystem, it copies the values of the parent
+subsystem, this is the case for the cpuset.
+
+1.6 How do I use cgroups ?
--------------------------
To start a new job that is to be contained within a cgroup, using