Adding autoMemoryReclaim to .wslconfig disables cgroupv1

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Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.23545.1000]

WSL Version

2.0.0.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

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Distro Version

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Other Software

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Repro Steps

Enable autoMemoryReclaim in [experimental]. Restart wsl service.

Expected Behavior

cgoupv1 working

Actual Behavior

wsl starts with cgroup_no_v1=all preventing docker from working.

Diagnostic Logs

Kernel args with autoMemoryReclaim setting:

initrd=\initrd.img WSL_ROOT_INIT=1 panic=-1 nr_cpus=4 bonding.max_bonds=0 dummy.numdummies=0 fb_tunnels=none swiotlb=force cgroup_no_v1=all console=hvc0 debug pty.legacy_count=0

and from dmesg output:

[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'cpuset'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'misc'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'freezer'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'perf_event'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'hugetlb'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'net_cls'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'devices'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'memory'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'cpu'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'rdma'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'blkio'
[Wed Sep 20 10:45:24 2023] cgroup: Disabled controller 'pids'

Kernel args without:

initrd=\initrd.img WSL_ROOT_INIT=1 panic=-1 nr_cpus=4 bonding.max_bonds=0 dummy.numdummies=0 fb_tunnels=none swiotlb=force console=hvc0 debug pty.legacy_count=0

[OneBlue]

This is by design. See this blog post