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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index 6eb1a97e88c..4bccfc19196 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -408,6 +408,26 @@ You can attach the current shell task by echoing 0: # echo 0 > tasks +2.3 Mounting hierarchies by name +-------------------------------- + +Passing the name=<x> option when mounting a cgroups hierarchy +associates the given name with the hierarchy. This can be used when +mounting a pre-existing hierarchy, in order to refer to it by name +rather than by its set of active subsystems. Each hierarchy is either +nameless, or has a unique name. + +The name should match [\w.-]+ + +When passing a name=<x> option for a new hierarchy, you need to +specify subsystems manually; the legacy behaviour of mounting all +subsystems when none are explicitly specified is not supported when +you give a subsystem a name. + +The name of the subsystem appears as part of the hierarchy description +in /proc/mounts and /proc/<pid>/cgroups. + + 3. Kernel API ============= |