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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt index db054ea3e7f..d422b410a99 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt @@ -76,9 +76,38 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP Details of cgroup files ======================= - blkio.weight - - Specifies per cgroup weight. + - Specifies per cgroup weight. This is default weight of the group + on all the devices until and unless overridden by per device rule. + (See blkio.weight_device). Currently allowed range of weights is from 100 to 1000. +- blkio.weight_device + - One can specify per cgroup per device rules using this interface. + These rules override the default value of group weight as specified + by blkio.weight. + + Following is the format. + + #echo dev_maj:dev_minor weight > /path/to/cgroup/blkio.weight_device + Configure weight=300 on /dev/sdb (8:16) in this cgroup + # echo 8:16 300 > blkio.weight_device + # cat blkio.weight_device + dev weight + 8:16 300 + + Configure weight=500 on /dev/sda (8:0) in this cgroup + # echo 8:0 500 > blkio.weight_device + # cat blkio.weight_device + dev weight + 8:0 500 + 8:16 300 + + Remove specific weight for /dev/sda in this cgroup + # echo 8:0 0 > blkio.weight_device + # cat blkio.weight_device + dev weight + 8:16 300 + - blkio.time - disk time allocated to cgroup per device in milliseconds. First two fields specify the major and minor number of the device and |