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<refentry id="systemd.resource-control">
sockets, mount points, and swap devices share a subset of
configuration options for resource control of spawned
processes. Internally, this relies on the Control Groups
- kernel concept for organizing processes in a hierarchial tree of
+ kernel concept for organizing processes in a hierarchical tree of
named groups for the purpose of resource management.</para>
<para>This man page lists the configuration options shared by
<listitem>
<para>Assign the specified CPU time share weight to the
- processes executed. Takes an integer value. This controls
- the <literal>cpu.shares</literal> control group attribute,
- which defaults to 1024. For details about this control group
- attribute, see <ulink
+ processes executed. Those options take an integer value and
+ control the <literal>cpu.shares</literal> control group
+ attribute, which defaults to 1024. For details about this
+
control group attribute, see <ulink
url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt">sched-design-CFS.txt</ulink>.
- The available CPU time is split up among all units within one
- slice relative to their CPU time share weight.</para>
+ The available CPU time is split up among all units within
+ one slice relative to their CPU time share weight.</para>
<para>While <varname>StartupCPUShares=</varname> only
applies to the startup phase of the system,
- <varname>CPUShares=</varname> applies to the later runtime
- of the system, and if the former is not set also to the
- startup phase. This allows priorizing specific services at
- boot-up differently than during runtime.</para>
-
- <para>Implies <literal>CPUAccounting=true</literal>.</para>
+ <varname>CPUShares=</varname> applies to normal runtime of
+ the system, and if the former is not set also to the startup
+ phase. Using <varname>StartupCPUShares=</varname> allows
+ prioritizing specific services at boot-up differently than
+ during normal runtime.</para>
+
+ <para>Those options imply
+ <literal>CPUAccounting=true</literal>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem>
<para>Assign the specified CPU time quota to the processes
- executed. Takes a percentage value (suffixed with "%") or an
- absolute time (suffixed by one of the common time units, us,
- ms, s, ...). The percentage specifies how much CPU time the
- unit shall get at maximum, relative to the total CPU time
- available on one CPU. Use values > 100% for alloting CPU
- time on more than one CPU. If an absolute time is specified
- the processes of this unit will get this much absolute time
- within each quota period, at maximum. This controls the
+ executed. Takes a percentage value, suffixed with "%". The
+ percentage specifies how much CPU time the unit shall get at
+ maximum, relative to the total CPU time available on one
+ CPU. Use values > 100% for allotting CPU time on more than
+ one CPU. This controls the
<literal>cpu.cfs_quota_us</literal> control group
attribute. For details about this control group attribute,
see <ulink
url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt">sched-design-CFS.txt</ulink>.</para>
- <para>Example: <varname>CPUShares=20%</varname> ensures that
+ <para>Example: <varname>CPUQuota=20%</varname> ensures that
the executed processes will never get more than 20% CPU time
on one CPU.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>CPUQuotaPeriodSec=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Specify the CPU quota period to use. Defaults to
- 100ms. This controls the <literal>cpu.cfs_period_us</literal>
- control group attribute. For details about this control
- group attribute, see <ulink
- url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt">sched-design-CFS.txt</ulink>.</para>
-
- <para>Implies <literal>CPUAccounting=true</literal>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>MemoryAccounting=</varname></term>
applies to the startup phase of the system,
<varname>BlockIOWeight=</varname> applies to the later runtime
of the system, and if the former is not set also to the
- startup phase. This allows priorizing specific services at
+ startup phase. This allows prioritizing specific services at
boot-up differently than during runtime.</para>
<para>Implies
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Delegate=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Turns on delegation of further resource control
+ partitioning to processes of the unit. For unprivileged
+ services (i.e. those using the <varname>User=</varname>
+ setting) this allows processes to create a subhierarchy
+ beneath its control group path. For privileged services and
+ scopes this ensures the processes will have all control
+ group controllers enabled.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
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