pids.max
- A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. The
- default is "max".
+ A read-write single value file which exists on non-root
+ cgroups. The default is "max".
- Hard limit of number of processes.
+ Hard limit of number of processes.
pids.current
- A read-only single value file which exists on all cgroups.
+ A read-only single value file which exists on all cgroups.
- The number of processes currently in the cgroup and its descendants.
+ The number of processes currently in the cgroup and its
+ descendants.
Organisational operations are not blocked by cgroup policies, so it is
possible to have pids.current > pids.max. This can be done by either