cpuset: Add documentation about the new "cpuset.sched.partition" flag
The cgroup-v2.rst file is updated to document the purpose of the new "cpuset.sched.partition" flag and how its usage. Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Its value will be affected by memory nodes hotplug events.
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cpuset.sched.partition
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A read-write single value file which exists on non-root
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cpuset-enabled cgroups. This flag is owned by the parent cgroup
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and is not delegatable.
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It accepts only the following input values when written to.
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"root" or "1" - a paritition root
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"member" or "0" - a non-root member of a partition
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When set to be a partition root, the current cgroup is the
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root of a new partition or scheduling domain that comprises
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itself and all its descendants except those that are separate
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partition roots themselves and their descendants. The root
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cgroup is always a partition root.
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There are constraints on where a partition root can be set.
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It can only be set in a cgroup if all the following conditions
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are true.
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1) The "cpuset.cpus" is not empty and the list of CPUs are
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exclusive, i.e. they are not shared by any of its siblings.
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2) The parent cgroup is a partition root.
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3) The "cpuset.cpus" is also a proper subset of the parent's
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"cpuset.cpus.effective".
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4) There is no child cgroups with cpuset enabled. This is for
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eliminating corner cases that have to be handled if such a
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condition is allowed.
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Setting it to partition root will take the CPUs away from the
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effective CPUs of the parent cgroup. Once it is set, this
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file cannot be reverted back to "member" if there are any child
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cgroups with cpuset enabled.
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A parent partition cannot distribute all its CPUs to its
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child partitions. There must be at least one cpu left in the
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parent partition.
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Once becoming a partition root, changes to "cpuset.cpus" is
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generally allowed as long as the first condition above is true,
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the change will not take away all the CPUs from the parent
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partition and the new "cpuset.cpus" value is a superset of its
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children's "cpuset.cpus" values.
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Sometimes, external factors like changes to ancestors'
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"cpuset.cpus" or cpu hotplug can cause the state of the partition
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root to change. On read, the "cpuset.sched.partition" file
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can show the following values.
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"member" Non-root member of a partition
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"root" Partition root
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"root invalid" Invalid partition root
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It is a partition root if the first 2 partition root conditions
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above are true and at least one CPU from "cpuset.cpus" is
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granted by the parent cgroup.
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A partition root can become invalid if none of CPUs requested
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in "cpuset.cpus" can be granted by the parent cgroup or the
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parent cgroup is no longer a partition root itself. In this
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case, it is not a real partition even though the restriction
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of the first partition root condition above will still apply.
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The cpu affinity of all the tasks in the cgroup will then be
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associated with CPUs in the nearest ancestor partition.
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An invalid partition root can be transitioned back to a
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real partition root if at least one of the requested CPUs
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can now be granted by its parent. In this case, the cpu
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affinity of all the tasks in the formerly invalid partition
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will be associated to the CPUs of the newly formed partition.
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Changing the partition state of an invalid partition root to
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"member" is always allowed even if child cpusets are present.
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Device controller
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