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@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ limits on a single container or on many. To specify more than one container,
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provide space-separated list of container names or IDs.
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With the exception of the **--kernel-memory** option, you can specify these
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-options on a running or a stopped container. You can only update
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-**--kernel-memory** on a stopped container or on a running container with
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-kernel memory initialized.
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+options on a running or a stopped container. On kernel version older than
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+4.6, You can only update **--kernel-memory** on a stopped container or on
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+a running container with kernel memory initialized.
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# OPTIONS
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@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ kernel memory initialized.
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**--kernel-memory**=""
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Kernel memory limit (format: `<number>[<unit>]`, where unit = b, k, m or g)
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- Note that you can not update kernel memory on a running container if the container
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- is started without kernel memory initialized, in this case, it can only be updated
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- after it's stopped. The new setting takes effect when the container is started.
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+ Note that on kernel version older than 4.6, you can not update kernel memory on
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+ a running container if the container is started without kernel memory initialized,
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+ in this case, it can only be updated after it's stopped. The new setting takes
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+ effect when the container is started.
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**-m**, **--memory**=""
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Memory limit (format: <number><optional unit>, where unit = b, k, m or g)
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@@ -100,9 +101,10 @@ $ docker update --cpu-shares 512 -m 300M abebf7571666 hopeful_morse
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### Update a container's kernel memory constraints
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You can update a container's kernel memory limit using the **--kernel-memory**
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-option. This option can be updated on a running container only if the container
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-was started with **--kernel-memory**. If the container was started *without*
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-**--kernel-memory** you need to stop the container before updating kernel memory.
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+option. On kernel version older than 4.6, this option can be updated on a
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+running container only if the container was started with **--kernel-memory**.
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+If the container was started *without* **--kernel-memory** you need to stop
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+the container before updating kernel memory.
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For example, if you started a container with this command:
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@@ -126,6 +128,9 @@ Update kernel memory of running container `test2` will fail. You need to stop
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the container before updating the **--kernel-memory** setting. The next time you
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start it, the container uses the new value.
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+Kernel version newer than (include) 4.6 does not have this limitation, you
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+can use `--kernel-memory` the same way as other options.
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+
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### Update a container's restart policy
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You can change a container's restart policy on a running container. The new
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