<term><varname>DefaultIOAccounting=</varname></term>
<term><varname>DefaultIPAccounting=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configure the default resource accounting settings, as configured per-unit by
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Configure the default resource accounting settings, as configured per-unit by
<varname>CPUAccounting=</varname>, <varname>MemoryAccounting=</varname>,
<varname>TasksAccounting=</varname>, <varname>IOAccounting=</varname> and
<varname>IPAccounting=</varname>. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.resource-control</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details on the per-unit settings. <varname>DefaultTasksAccounting=</varname> defaults to yes,
- <varname>DefaultMemoryAccounting=</varname> to &MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT;.
- <varname>DefaultCPUAccounting=</varname> defaults to yes, but really has no effect if enabling CPU
- accounting doesn't require the <option>cpu</option> controller to be enabled (Linux 4.15+ using the
- unified hierarchy for resource control), otherwise it defaults to no. The other three settings
- default to no.</para></listitem>
+ for details on the per-unit settings.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>DefaultCPUAccounting=</varname> defaults to yes when running on kernel ≥4.15, and no on older versions.
+ <varname>DefaultMemoryAccounting=</varname> defaults to &MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT;.
+ <varname>DefaultTasksAccounting=</varname> defaults to yes.
+ The other settings default to no.</para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>