Linux control groups

E699702
Linux kernel feature resource management mechanism

Linux control groups (cgroups) are a Linux kernel feature that limits, accounts for, and isolates the resource usage (CPU, memory, I/O, etc.) of groups of processes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
cgroups 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux kernel feature ⓘ
resource management mechanism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs cgroups NERFINISHED ⓘ
componentOf Linux kernel process management ⓘ
configuredVia cgconfig tools NERFINISHED ⓘ
systemd NERFINISHED ⓘ
virtual filesystem interface ⓘ
designGoal fine-grained process grouping ⓘ
hierarchical resource control ⓘ
enables container resource isolation ⓘ
multi-tenant resource control ⓘ
per-service resource limits ⓘ
governedBy cgroup controllers ⓘ
hasController blkio controller ⓘ
cpu controller ⓘ
cpuset controller ⓘ
devices controller ⓘ
freezer controller ⓘ
hugetlb controller ⓘ
memory controller ⓘ
net_cls controller ⓘ
net_prio controller ⓘ
pids controller ⓘ
rdma controller ⓘ
hasVersion cgroup v1 ⓘ
cgroup v2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedBy Google engineers ⓘ
introducedIn Linux kernel 2.6.24 NERFINISHED ⓘ
managesResource CPU ⓘ
block I/O ⓘ
device access ⓘ
hugetlb memory ⓘ
memory ⓘ
network I/O ⓘ
pids ⓘ
mountPoint /sys/fs/cgroup ⓘ
operatingSystem Linux ⓘ
originalName process containers ⓘ
purpose account for resource usage of groups of processes ⓘ
isolate resource usage of groups of processes ⓘ
limit resource usage of groups of processes ⓘ
relatedConcept Linux namespaces ⓘ
Linux scheduler NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizedName control groups ⓘ
supportsFeature freezing of process groups ⓘ
namespaces integration ⓘ
prioritization of resources ⓘ
resource accounting ⓘ
resource isolation ⓘ
resource limiting ⓘ
supportsHierarchy true ⓘ
usedBy Docker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kubernetes NERFINISHED ⓘ
LXC NERFINISHED ⓘ
systemd resource control ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

systemd → usesTechnology → Linux control groups ⓘ
Linux containers → usesKernelFeature → Linux control groups ⓘ
Linux kernel → component → Linux control groups ⓘ
this entity surface form: cgroups
runc → usesKernelFeature → Linux control groups ⓘ