Linux Control Groups (Cgroups) course outline

1. Course Introduction
2. Cgroups: Introduction
   • Preamble
   • What are control groups?
   • An example: the pids controller
   • Creating and destroying cgroups
   • Populating a cgroup
   • Enabling and disabling controllers
3. Cgroups: A Survey of the Controllers
   • The cpu, memory, freezer, and pids controllers
   • Other controllers
4. Cgroups: Advanced Features
   • Cgroup namespaces
   • Release notification (cgroup.events file)
   • Delegation
5. Cgroups: Thread Mode (*)
   • Overview of thread mode
   • Creating and using a threaded subtree
   • Further details
6. Cgroups Version 1 (*)
   • Cgroups v1: hierarchies and controllers
   • Cgroups v1: populating a cgroup
   • Cgroups v1: release notification
   • Cgroups v1: delegation
   • Problems with cgroups v1; rationale for v2

(*) Topics marked with an asterisk may be covered, if time permits.

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