NAME¶

cgset - set the parameters of given cgroup(s)

SYNOPSIS¶

cgset [-b] [-r <name=value>] <cgroup_path> ...
cgset [-b] --copy-from <source_cgroup_path> <cgroup_path> ...

DESCRIPTION¶

Set the parameters of input cgroups.

<path>

is the name of the cgroup which should be changed. This parameter can be used multiple times.

-b

ignores the default systemd delegated hierarchy path and constructs the path of the control groups relative to the cgroup root hierarchy.

-r <name=value>

defines the name of the file to set and the value which should be written to that file. This parameter can be used multiple times.

--copy-from <source_cgroup_path>

defines the name of the cgroup whose parameters will be copied to the input cgroup.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶

CGROUP_LOGLEVEL

controls verbosity of the tool. Allowed values are DEBUG, INFO, WARNING or ERROR.

EXAMPLES¶

cgset -r cpuset.cpus=0-1 student

set variable cpus in control group student (controller cpuset) to 0-1

cgset --copy-from group1/ group2/

copy all parameters of group group1 to group group2 (for all path where both cgroups are defined)

SEE ALSO¶

cgrules.conf (1), cgcreate (1), cgget (1)