nixpkgs/modules/services/system/cgroups.nix
Eelco Dolstra 1d5d7036d0 * Add a module for managing cgroups.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=30551
2011-11-24 18:28:45 +00:00

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{ config, pkgs, ... }:
with pkgs.lib;
let
cfg = config.services.cgroups;
cgconfigConf = pkgs.writeText "cgconfig.conf" cfg.groups;
cgrulesConf = pkgs.writeText "cgrules.conf" cfg.rules;
in
{
###### interface
options = {
services.cgroups.enable = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether to enable support for control groups, a Linux kernel
feature for resource management. It allows you to assign
processes to groups that share certain resource limits (e.g.,
CPU or memory). The <command>cgrulesengd</command> daemon
automatically assigns processes to the right cgroup depending
on the rules defined in
<option>services.cgroups.rules</option>.
'';
};
services.cgroups.groups = mkOption {
type = types.string;
default =
''
mount {
cpu = /dev/cgroup/cpu;
}
'';
example =
''
mount {
cpu = /dev/cgroup/cpu;
cpuacct = /dev/cgroup/cpuacct;
}
# Create a "www" cgroup with a lower share of the CPU (the
# default is 1024).
group www {
cpu {
cpu.shares = "500";
}
}
'';
description = ''
The contents of the <filename>cgconfig.conf</filename>
configuration file, which defines the cgroups.
'';
};
services.cgroups.rules = mkOption {
type = types.string;
default = "";
example =
''
# All processes executed by the "wwwrun" uid should be
# assigned to the "www" CPU cgroup.
wwwrun cpu www
'';
description = ''
The contents of the <filename>cgrules.conf</filename>
configuration file, which determines to which cgroups
processes should be assigned by the
<command>cgrulesengd</command> daemon.
'';
};
};
###### implementation
config = mkIf cfg.enable {
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.libcgroup ];
environment.etc =
[ { source = cgconfigConf;
target = "cgconfig.conf";
}
{ source = cgrulesConf;
target = "cgrules.conf";
}
];
jobs.cgroups =
{ startOn = "startup";
description = "Control groups daemon";
path = [ pkgs.libcgroup pkgs.procps ];
preStart =
''
# The daemon requires the userspace<->kernelspace netlink
# connector.
${config.system.sbin.modprobe}/sbin/modprobe cn || true
cgclear || true
# Mount the cgroup hierarchies. Note: we refer to the
# store path of cgconfig.conf here to ensure that the job
# gets reloaded if the configuration changes.
cgconfigparser -l ${cgconfigConf}
# Move existing processes to the right cgroup.
cgclassify --cancel-sticky $(ps --no-headers -eL o tid) || true
# Force a restart if the rules change:
# ${cgrulesConf}
'';
# Run the daemon that moves new processes to the right cgroup.
exec = "cgrulesengd";
daemonType = "fork";
postStop =
''
cgclear
'';
};
};
}