Re: [PATCH] memcg: clarify use_hierarchy documentation

[Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>]

(cc correct linux-mm address)

The memcg code does not allow changing memory.use_hierarchy if the
parent cgroup has enabled use_hierarchy.  Update documentation to match
the code.

Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
---
 Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
index 7781857..b6ed61c 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
@@ -485,8 +485,9 @@ The feature can be disabled by
 
 # echo 0 > memory.use_hierarchy
 
-NOTE1: Enabling/disabling will fail if the cgroup already has other
-       cgroups created below it.
+NOTE1: Enabling/disabling will fail if either the cgroup already has other
+       cgroups created below it, or if the parent cgroup has use_hierarchy
+       enabled.
 
 NOTE2: When panic_on_oom is set to "2", the whole system will panic in
        case of an OOM event in any cgroup.

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