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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
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--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ CONTENTS:
1.2 Why are cgroups needed ?
1.3 How are cgroups implemented ?
1.4 What does notify_on_release do ?
- 1.5 How do I use cgroups ?
+ 1.5 What does clone_children do ?
+ 1.6 How do I use cgroups ?
2. Usage Examples and Syntax
2.1 Basic Usage
2.2 Attaching processes
@@ -293,7 +294,16 @@ notify_on_release in the root cgroup at system boot is disabled
value of their parents notify_on_release setting. The default value of
a cgroup hierarchy's release_agent path is empty.
-1.5 How do I use cgroups ?
+1.5 What does clone_children do ?
+---------------------------------
+
+If the clone_children flag is enabled (1) in a cgroup, then all
+cgroups created beneath will call the post_clone callbacks for each
+subsystem of the newly created cgroup. Usually when this callback is
+implemented for a subsystem, it copies the values of the parent
+subsystem, this is the case for the cpuset.
+
+1.6 How do I use cgroups ?
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To start a new job that is to be contained within a cgroup, using