Cgroups

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cgroups functionality that was released in Linux Kernel version 2.6.24

Packages:

• cgroup-lite: cgroups-mount, cgroups-umount
• cgroup-tools
• cgroupfs-mount

systemd-cgls
systemd-cgls memory
systemd-cgtop

cgcreate -g memory:myGroup

cgexec -g memory:myGroup pdftoppm

I/O control, more accurate cgroup I/O control with blk-iocost

Related terms

• ulimit

See also

• systemd-cgtop, docker stats
• netdata cgroups plugin
• cgroups: cgcreate, cgroups v2
• Containers, OCI: Docker (dockerd), containerd, runc, Podman, buildah, skopeo, lxd, Container Registry, Service mesh, Windows Server containers, Containerpilot, CoreOS, CAdvisor, Containers networking, Container scanning, cosign, CRI, CRI-O, initContainers, Sidecar container, Container images, latest
• IO performance: iotop, iostat, sar -d, fio, nmon, vmstat -d, dd, nmon, stress
• Linux Kernel: namespaces, Cgroups, OOM, proc, Linux Kernel changelog, sysctl, userfaultfd, Grub, ENOSPC, ENOMEM, DKMS, syscall, Transparent huge pages, smatch, sysfs, vm.swappiness, CFS, Runlevel, Jens Axboe, Consistent Network Device Naming, Initial ramdisk (initrd), modprobe, MTD, Linux Kernel vulnerabilities, /sys/kernel/, KernelCare, unix://, Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)

https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.4#More_accurate_cgroup_I.2FO_control_with_blk-iocost

https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-cgtop.html