X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd.slice.xml;h=f0bac41763cdea046b57378cadd126b4c894a498;hp=5376921689afe43a4abac66a60ad0b15efd9d34e;hb=6ecb6cec66739d733e95302031998f517261380c;hpb=d868475ad62547f0a034dfaf038aff31b3d05372 diff --git a/man/systemd.slice.xml b/man/systemd.slice.xml index 537692168..f0bac4176 100644 --- a/man/systemd.slice.xml +++ b/man/systemd.slice.xml @@ -1,25 +1,24 @@ - - + @@ -55,23 +54,43 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . Description A unit configuration file whose name ends in - .slice encodes information about a slice - created by systemd to manage resources used by a certain group of + .slice encodes information about a slice which + is a concept for hierarchically managing resources of a group of processes. This management is performed by creating a node in the - control group tree. Those processes are part of different units, - usually .service units (see - systemd.unit5). + Linux Control Group (cgroup) tree. Units that manage processes + (primarily scope and service units) may be assigned to a specific + slice. For each slice, certain resource limits may be set that + apply to all processes of all units contained in that + slice. Slices are organized hierarchically in a tree. The name of + the slice encodes the location in the tree. The name consists of a + dash-separated series of names, which describes the path to the + slice from the root slice. The root slice is named, + -.slice. Example: + foo-bar.slice is a slice that is located + within foo.slice, which in turn is located in + the root slice -.slice. + By default, service and scope units are placed in + system.slice, virtual machines and containers + registered with + systemd-machined1 + are found in machine.slice, and user sessions + handled by + systemd-logind1 + in user.slice. See + systemd.special5 + for more information. + See systemd.unit5 for the common options of all unit configuration files. The common configuration items are configured in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. The slice specific configuration options are configured in - the [Slice] section. Currently, only generic cgroup settings + the [Slice] section. Currently, only generic resource control settings as described in - systemd.cgroup7 are allowed. + systemd.resource-control7 are allowed. Unless DefaultDependencies=false @@ -90,9 +109,11 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . systemd1, systemd.unit5, - systemd.cgroup5, + systemd.resource-control5, systemd.service5, - systemd.directives7. + systemd.scope5, + systemd.special7, + systemd.directives7