memcg, kmem: deprecate kmem.limit_in_bytes

[linux-2.6-block.git] / Documentation / admin-guide / cgroup-v1 / memory.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
index 41bdc038dad97f2963068c4ea229efbc5d144d0e..0ae4f564c2d68dc50ff07e3e590673ce373e3253 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ Brief summary of control files.
  memory.oom_control                 set/show oom controls.
  memory.numa_stat                   show the number of memory usage per numa
                                     node
-
  memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes          set/show hard limit for kernel memory
+                                     This knob is deprecated and shouldn't be
+                                     used. It is planned that this be removed in
+                                     the foreseeable future.
  memory.kmem.usage_in_bytes          show current kernel memory allocation
  memory.kmem.failcnt                 show the number of kernel memory usage
                                     hits limits