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This file is part of systemd.
Copyright 2013 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
- <literal>.slice</literal> encodes information about a slice which
- is a concept for hierarchically managing resources of a group of
- processes. This management is performed by creating a node in the
- Linux Control Group (cgroup) tree. Units that manage processes
- (primarily scope and service units) may be assigned to a specific
- slice. For each slice, certain resource limits may be set that
- apply to all processes of all units contained in that
- slice. Slices are organized hierarchically in a tree. The name of
- the slice encodes the location in the tree. The name consists of a
- dash-separated series of names, which describes the path to the
- slice from the root slice. The root slice is named,
- <filename>-.slice</filename>. Example:
- <filename>foo-bar.slice</filename> is a slice that is located
- within <filename>foo.slice</filename>, which in turn is located in
- the root slice <filename>-.slice</filename>.
+ <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in <literal>.slice</literal> encodes information about a slice
+ unit. A slice unit is a concept for hierarchically managing resources of a group of processes. This management is
+ performed by creating a node in the Linux Control Group (cgroup) tree. Units that manage processes (primarily scope
+ and service units) may be assigned to a specific slice. For each slice, certain resource limits may be set that
+ apply to all processes of all units contained in that slice. Slices are organized hierarchically in a tree. The
+ name of the slice encodes the location in the tree. The name consists of a dash-separated series of names, which
+ describes the path to the slice from the root slice. The root slice is named <filename>-.slice</filename>. Example:
+ <filename>foo-bar.slice</filename> is a slice that is located within <filename>foo.slice</filename>, which in turn
+ is located in the root slice <filename>-.slice</filename>.
</para>
+ <para>Note that slice units cannot be templated, nor is possible to add multiple names to a slice unit by creating
+ additional symlinks to its unit file.</para>
+
<para>By default, service and scope units are placed in
<filename>system.slice</filename>, virtual machines and containers
registered with
</para>
<para>See the <ulink
- url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ControlGroupInterface/">New
+ url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ControlGroupInterface/">New
Control Group Interfaces</ulink> for an introduction on how to make
use of slice units from programs.</para>
+ </refsect1>
- <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=false</varname>
- is used, slice units will implicitly have dependencies of
- type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
- <varname>Before=</varname> on
- <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
- that slice units are removed prior to system
- shutdown. Only slice units involved with early boot or
- late system shutdown should disable this option.
- </para>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Implicit Dependencies</title>
+
+ <para>The following dependencies are implicitly added:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Slice units automatically gain dependencies of type
+ <varname>After=</varname> and <varname>Requires=</varname> on
+ their immediate parent slice unit.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Default Dependencies</title>
+
+ <para>The following dependencies are added unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is set:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Slice units will automatically have dependencies of type <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and
+ <varname>Before=</varname> on
+ <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure that slice units are removed prior to system shutdown.
+ Only slice units involved with late system shutdown should disable
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> option.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</refsect1>
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