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docs: cgroup: Note about sibling relative reclaim protection
authorMichal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com>
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:21:26 +0000 (19:21 +0100)
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:21:05 +0000 (11:21 -1000)
Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst

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@@ -1952,6 +1952,10 @@ When the reclaim targets ancestors of A, the effective protection of B is
 capped by the protection value configured for A (and any other intermediate
 ancestors between A and the target).
 
+To express indifference about relative sibling protection, it is suggested to
+use memory_recursiveprot. Configuring all descendants of a parent with finite
+protection to "max" works but it may unnecessarily skew memory.events:low
+field.
 
 Memory Ownership
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