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self-cleaning obsolete cgroups and network interfaces from memory; fixes #1163; fixes...
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index 010af824dbe753f5088558c22e159e8d2b9d99dc..248f3d626fd5838ef1e396d8b54d36c41abbeca7 100644 (file)
@@ -3,13 +3,38 @@
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // cgroup globals
 
-static int cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND;
-static int cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND;
-static int cgroup_enable_memory = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND;
-static int cgroup_enable_devices = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND;
-static int cgroup_enable_blkio = CONFIG_ONDEMAND_ONDEMAND;
+#define CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES 19000
+#define CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS       40000
+
+static long system_page_size = 4096; // system will be queried via sysconf() in configuration()
+
+static int cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_memory = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_detailed_memory = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_memory_failcnt = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_swap = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_blkio_io = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_blkio_ops = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_io = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_ops = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_blkio_merged_ops = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+static int cgroup_enable_blkio_queued_ops = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+
+static int cgroup_enable_systemd_services = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+static int cgroup_enable_systemd_services_detailed_memory = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_NO;
+static int cgroup_used_memory_without_cache = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+
+static int cgroup_search_in_devices = 1;
+
 static int cgroup_enable_new_cgroups_detected_at_runtime = 1;
 static int cgroup_check_for_new_every = 10;
+static int cgroup_update_every = 1;
+
+static int cgroup_recheck_zero_blkio_every_iterations = 10;
+static int cgroup_recheck_zero_mem_failcnt_every_iterations = 10;
+static int cgroup_recheck_zero_mem_detailed_every_iterations = 10;
+
 static char *cgroup_cpuacct_base = NULL;
 static char *cgroup_blkio_base = NULL;
 static char *cgroup_memory_base = NULL;
@@ -19,16 +44,59 @@ static int cgroup_root_count = 0;
 static int cgroup_root_max = 500;
 static int cgroup_max_depth = 0;
 
+static SIMPLE_PATTERN *enabled_cgroup_patterns = NULL;
+static SIMPLE_PATTERN *enabled_cgroup_paths = NULL;
+static SIMPLE_PATTERN *enabled_cgroup_renames = NULL;
+static SIMPLE_PATTERN *systemd_services_cgroups = NULL;
+
+static char *cgroups_rename_script = NULL;
+
+static uint32_t Read_hash = 0;
+static uint32_t Write_hash = 0;
+static uint32_t user_hash = 0;
+static uint32_t system_hash = 0;
+
 void read_cgroup_plugin_configuration() {
-    cgroup_check_for_new_every = config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "check for new cgroups every", cgroup_check_for_new_every);
+    system_page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+
+    Read_hash = simple_hash("Read");
+    Write_hash = simple_hash("Write");
+    user_hash = simple_hash("user");
+    system_hash = simple_hash("system");
 
-    cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable cpuacct stat", cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat);
-    cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable cpuacct usage", cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage);
-    cgroup_enable_memory = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable memory", cgroup_enable_memory);
-    cgroup_enable_blkio = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable blkio", cgroup_enable_blkio);
+    cgroup_update_every = (int)config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "update every", localhost->rrd_update_every);
+    if(cgroup_update_every < localhost->rrd_update_every)
+        cgroup_update_every = localhost->rrd_update_every;
+
+    cgroup_check_for_new_every = (int)config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "check for new cgroups every", cgroup_check_for_new_every * cgroup_update_every);
+    if(cgroup_check_for_new_every < cgroup_update_every)
+        cgroup_check_for_new_every = cgroup_update_every;
+
+    cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable cpuacct stat (total CPU)", cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat);
+    cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable cpuacct usage (per core CPU)", cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage);
+
+    cgroup_enable_memory = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable memory (used mem including cache)", cgroup_enable_memory);
+    cgroup_enable_detailed_memory = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable detailed memory", cgroup_enable_detailed_memory);
+    cgroup_enable_memory_failcnt = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable memory limits fail count", cgroup_enable_memory_failcnt);
+    cgroup_enable_swap = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable swap memory", cgroup_enable_swap);
+
+    cgroup_enable_blkio_io = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable blkio bandwidth", cgroup_enable_blkio_io);
+    cgroup_enable_blkio_ops = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable blkio operations", cgroup_enable_blkio_ops);
+    cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_io = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable blkio throttle bandwidth", cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_io);
+    cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_ops = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable blkio throttle operations", cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_ops);
+    cgroup_enable_blkio_queued_ops = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable blkio queued operations", cgroup_enable_blkio_queued_ops);
+    cgroup_enable_blkio_merged_ops = config_get_boolean_ondemand("plugin:cgroups", "enable blkio merged operations", cgroup_enable_blkio_merged_ops);
+
+    cgroup_recheck_zero_blkio_every_iterations = (int)config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "recheck zero blkio every iterations", cgroup_recheck_zero_blkio_every_iterations);
+    cgroup_recheck_zero_mem_failcnt_every_iterations = (int)config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "recheck zero memory failcnt every iterations", cgroup_recheck_zero_mem_failcnt_every_iterations);
+    cgroup_recheck_zero_mem_detailed_every_iterations = (int)config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "recheck zero detailed memory every iterations", cgroup_recheck_zero_mem_detailed_every_iterations);
+
+    cgroup_enable_systemd_services = config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", "enable systemd services", cgroup_enable_systemd_services);
+    cgroup_enable_systemd_services_detailed_memory = config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", "enable systemd services detailed memory", cgroup_enable_systemd_services_detailed_memory);
+    cgroup_used_memory_without_cache = config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", "report used memory without cache", cgroup_used_memory_without_cache);
 
     char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1], *s;
-    struct mountinfo *mi, *root = mountinfo_read();
+    struct mountinfo *mi, *root = mountinfo_read(0);
 
     mi = mountinfo_find_by_filesystem_super_option(root, "cgroup", "cpuacct");
     if(!mi) mi = mountinfo_find_by_filesystem_mount_source(root, "cgroup", "cpuacct");
@@ -37,7 +105,7 @@ void read_cgroup_plugin_configuration() {
         s = "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct";
     }
     else s = mi->mount_point;
-    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", global_host_prefix, s);
+    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", netdata_configured_host_prefix, s);
     cgroup_cpuacct_base = config_get("plugin:cgroups", "path to /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct", filename);
 
     mi = mountinfo_find_by_filesystem_super_option(root, "cgroup", "blkio");
@@ -47,7 +115,7 @@ void read_cgroup_plugin_configuration() {
         s = "/sys/fs/cgroup/blkio";
     }
     else s = mi->mount_point;
-    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", global_host_prefix, s);
+    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", netdata_configured_host_prefix, s);
     cgroup_blkio_base = config_get("plugin:cgroups", "path to /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio", filename);
 
     mi = mountinfo_find_by_filesystem_super_option(root, "cgroup", "memory");
@@ -57,7 +125,7 @@ void read_cgroup_plugin_configuration() {
         s = "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory";
     }
     else s = mi->mount_point;
-    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", global_host_prefix, s);
+    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", netdata_configured_host_prefix, s);
     cgroup_memory_base = config_get("plugin:cgroups", "path to /sys/fs/cgroup/memory", filename);
 
     mi = mountinfo_find_by_filesystem_super_option(root, "cgroup", "devices");
@@ -67,14 +135,74 @@ void read_cgroup_plugin_configuration() {
         s = "/sys/fs/cgroup/devices";
     }
     else s = mi->mount_point;
-    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", global_host_prefix, s);
+    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s", netdata_configured_host_prefix, s);
     cgroup_devices_base = config_get("plugin:cgroups", "path to /sys/fs/cgroup/devices", filename);
 
-    cgroup_root_max = config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "max cgroups to allow", cgroup_root_max);
-    cgroup_max_depth = config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "max cgroups depth to monitor", cgroup_max_depth);
+    cgroup_root_max = (int)config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "max cgroups to allow", cgroup_root_max);
+    cgroup_max_depth = (int)config_get_number("plugin:cgroups", "max cgroups depth to monitor", cgroup_max_depth);
 
     cgroup_enable_new_cgroups_detected_at_runtime = config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", "enable new cgroups detected at run time", cgroup_enable_new_cgroups_detected_at_runtime);
 
+    enabled_cgroup_patterns = simple_pattern_create(
+            config_get("plugin:cgroups", "enable by default cgroups matching",
+                    " /system.slice/docker-*.scope "
+                    " !*.mount "
+                    " !*.partition "
+                    " !*.scope "
+                    " !*.service "
+                    " !*.slice "
+                    " !*.swap "
+                    " !*.user "
+                    " !/ "
+                    " !/docker "
+                    " !/libvirt "
+                    " !/lxc "
+                    " !/lxc/*/ns "         //  #1397
+                    " !/machine "
+                    " !/qemu "
+                    " !/system "
+                    " !/systemd "
+                    " !/user "
+                    " * "                  // enable anything else
+            ), SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
+
+    enabled_cgroup_paths = simple_pattern_create(
+            config_get("plugin:cgroups", "search for cgroups in subpaths matching",
+                    " !*-qemu "            //  #345
+                    " !/init.scope "
+                    " !/system "
+                    " !/systemd "
+                    " !/user "
+                    " !/user.slice "
+                    " * "
+            ), SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
+
+    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/cgroup-name.sh", netdata_configured_plugins_dir);
+    cgroups_rename_script = config_get("plugin:cgroups", "script to get cgroup names", filename);
+
+    enabled_cgroup_renames = simple_pattern_create(
+            config_get("plugin:cgroups", "run script to rename cgroups matching",
+                    " *docker* "
+                    " *lxc* "
+                    " !/ "
+                    " !*.mount "
+                    " !*.partition "
+                    " !*.scope "
+                    " !*.service "
+                    " !*.slice "
+                    " !*.swap "
+                    " !*.user "
+                    " * "
+            ), SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
+
+    if(cgroup_enable_systemd_services) {
+        systemd_services_cgroups = simple_pattern_create(
+                config_get("plugin:cgroups", "cgroups to match as systemd services",
+                        " !/system.slice/*/*.service "
+                        " /system.slice/*.service "
+                ), SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
+    }
+
     mountinfo_free(root);
 }
 
@@ -83,6 +211,8 @@ void read_cgroup_plugin_configuration() {
 
 struct blkio {
     int updated;
+    int enabled; // CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES or CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO
+    int delay_counter;
 
     char *filename;
 
@@ -97,12 +227,32 @@ struct blkio {
 
 // https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt
 struct memory {
-    int updated;
+    ARL_BASE *arl_base;
+    ARL_ENTRY *arl_dirty;
+    ARL_ENTRY *arl_swap;
 
-    char *filename;
+    int updated_detailed;
+    int updated_usage_in_bytes;
+    int updated_msw_usage_in_bytes;
+    int updated_failcnt;
+
+    int enabled_detailed;           // CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES or CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO
+    int enabled_usage_in_bytes;     // CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES or CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO
+    int enabled_msw_usage_in_bytes; // CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES or CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO
+    int enabled_failcnt;            // CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES or CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO
 
-    int has_dirty_swap;
+    int delay_counter_detailed;
+    int delay_counter_failcnt;
 
+    char *filename_detailed;
+    char *filename_usage_in_bytes;
+    char *filename_msw_usage_in_bytes;
+    char *filename_failcnt;
+
+    int detailed_has_dirty;
+    int detailed_has_swap;
+
+    // detailed metrics
     unsigned long long cache;
     unsigned long long rss;
     unsigned long long rss_huge;
@@ -138,11 +288,17 @@ struct memory {
     unsigned long long total_active_file;
     unsigned long long total_unevictable;
 */
+
+    // single file metrics
+    unsigned long long usage_in_bytes;
+    unsigned long long msw_usage_in_bytes;
+    unsigned long long failcnt;
 };
 
 // https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpuacct.txt
 struct cpuacct_stat {
     int updated;
+    int enabled; // CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES or CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO
 
     char *filename;
 
@@ -153,6 +309,7 @@ struct cpuacct_stat {
 // https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpuacct.txt
 struct cpuacct_usage {
     int updated;
+    int enabled; // CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES or CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO
 
     char *filename;
 
@@ -160,7 +317,8 @@ struct cpuacct_usage {
     unsigned long long *cpu_percpu;
 };
 
-#define CGROUP_OPTIONS_DISABLED_DUPLICATE 0x00000001
+#define CGROUP_OPTIONS_DISABLED_DUPLICATE   0x00000001
+#define CGROUP_OPTIONS_SYSTEM_SLICE_SERVICE 0x00000002
 
 struct cgroup {
     uint32_t options;
@@ -190,6 +348,51 @@ struct cgroup {
     struct blkio io_merged;                     // operations
     struct blkio io_queued;                     // operations
 
+    // per cgroup charts
+    RRDSET *st_cpu;
+    RRDSET *st_cpu_per_core;
+    RRDSET *st_mem;
+    RRDSET *st_writeback;
+    RRDSET *st_mem_activity;
+    RRDSET *st_pgfaults;
+    RRDSET *st_mem_usage;
+    RRDSET *st_mem_failcnt;
+    RRDSET *st_io;
+    RRDSET *st_serviced_ops;
+    RRDSET *st_throttle_io;
+    RRDSET *st_throttle_serviced_ops;
+    RRDSET *st_queued_ops;
+    RRDSET *st_merged_ops;
+
+    // services
+    RRDDIM *rd_cpu;
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_usage;
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_failcnt;
+    RRDDIM *rd_swap_usage;
+
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_detailed_cache;
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_detailed_rss;
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_detailed_mapped;
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_detailed_writeback;
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_detailed_pgpgin;
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_detailed_pgpgout;
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_detailed_pgfault;
+    RRDDIM *rd_mem_detailed_pgmajfault;
+
+    RRDDIM *rd_io_service_bytes_read;
+    RRDDIM *rd_io_serviced_read;
+    RRDDIM *rd_throttle_io_read;
+    RRDDIM *rd_throttle_io_serviced_read;
+    RRDDIM *rd_io_queued_read;
+    RRDDIM *rd_io_merged_read;
+
+    RRDDIM *rd_io_service_bytes_write;
+    RRDDIM *rd_io_serviced_write;
+    RRDDIM *rd_throttle_io_write;
+    RRDDIM *rd_throttle_io_serviced_write;
+    RRDDIM *rd_io_queued_write;
+    RRDDIM *rd_io_merged_write;
+
     struct cgroup *next;
 
 } *cgroup_root = NULL;
@@ -197,29 +400,27 @@ struct cgroup {
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // read values from /sys
 
-void cgroup_read_cpuacct_stat(struct cpuacct_stat *cp) {
+static inline void cgroup_read_cpuacct_stat(struct cpuacct_stat *cp) {
     static procfile *ff = NULL;
 
-    static uint32_t user_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t system_hash = 0;
-
-    if(unlikely(user_hash == 0)) {
-        user_hash = simple_hash("user");
-        system_hash = simple_hash("system");
-    }
-
-    cp->updated = 0;
-    if(cp->filename) {
+    if(likely(cp->filename)) {
         ff = procfile_reopen(ff, cp->filename, NULL, PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
-        if(!ff) return;
+        if(unlikely(!ff)) {
+            cp->updated = 0;
+            return;
+        }
 
         ff = procfile_readall(ff);
-        if(!ff) return;
+        if(unlikely(!ff)) {
+            cp->updated = 0;
+            return;
+        }
 
         unsigned long i, lines = procfile_lines(ff);
 
-        if(lines < 1) {
+        if(unlikely(lines < 1)) {
             error("File '%s' should have 1+ lines.", cp->filename);
+            cp->updated = 0;
             return;
         }
 
@@ -227,37 +428,47 @@ void cgroup_read_cpuacct_stat(struct cpuacct_stat *cp) {
             char *s = procfile_lineword(ff, i, 0);
             uint32_t hash = simple_hash(s);
 
-            if(hash == user_hash && !strcmp(s, "user"))
-                cp->user = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+            if(unlikely(hash == user_hash && !strcmp(s, "user")))
+                cp->user = str2ull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1));
 
-            else if(hash == system_hash && !strcmp(s, "system"))
-                cp->system = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+            else if(unlikely(hash == system_hash && !strcmp(s, "system")))
+                cp->system = str2ull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1));
         }
 
         cp->updated = 1;
 
-        // fprintf(stderr, "READ '%s': user: %llu, system: %llu\n", cp->filename, cp->user, cp->system);
+        if(unlikely(cp->enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && (cp->user || cp->system)))
+            cp->enabled = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
     }
 }
 
-void cgroup_read_cpuacct_usage(struct cpuacct_usage *ca) {
+static inline void cgroup_read_cpuacct_usage(struct cpuacct_usage *ca) {
     static procfile *ff = NULL;
 
-    ca->updated = 0;
-    if(ca->filename) {
+    if(likely(ca->filename)) {
         ff = procfile_reopen(ff, ca->filename, NULL, PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
-        if(!ff) return;
+        if(unlikely(!ff)) {
+            ca->updated = 0;
+            return;
+        }
 
         ff = procfile_readall(ff);
-        if(!ff) return;
+        if(unlikely(!ff)) {
+            ca->updated = 0;
+            return;
+        }
 
-        if(procfile_lines(ff) < 1) {
-            error("File '%s' should have 1+ lines but has %u.", ca->filename, procfile_lines(ff));
+        if(unlikely(procfile_lines(ff) < 1)) {
+            error("File '%s' should have 1+ lines but has %zu.", ca->filename, procfile_lines(ff));
+            ca->updated = 0;
             return;
         }
 
         unsigned long i = procfile_linewords(ff, 0);
-        if(i <= 0) return;
+        if(unlikely(i == 0)) {
+            return;
+            ca->updated = 0;
+        }
 
         // we may have 1 more CPU reported
         while(i > 0) {
@@ -266,54 +477,52 @@ void cgroup_read_cpuacct_usage(struct cpuacct_usage *ca) {
             else break;
         }
 
-        if(i != ca->cpus) {
+        if(unlikely(i != ca->cpus)) {
             freez(ca->cpu_percpu);
             ca->cpu_percpu = mallocz(sizeof(unsigned long long) * i);
             ca->cpus = (unsigned int)i;
         }
 
+        unsigned long long total = 0;
         for(i = 0; i < ca->cpus ;i++) {
-            ca->cpu_percpu[i] = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, 0, i), NULL, 10);
-            // fprintf(stderr, "READ '%s': cpu%d/%d: %llu ('%s')\n", ca->filename, i, ca->cpus, ca->cpu_percpu[i], procfile_lineword(ff, 0, i));
+            unsigned long long n = str2ull(procfile_lineword(ff, 0, i));
+            ca->cpu_percpu[i] = n;
+            total += n;
         }
 
         ca->updated = 1;
+
+        if(unlikely(ca->enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && total))
+            ca->enabled = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
     }
 }
 
-void cgroup_read_blkio(struct blkio *io) {
+static inline void cgroup_read_blkio(struct blkio *io) {
     static procfile *ff = NULL;
 
-    static uint32_t Read_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t Write_hash = 0;
-/*
-    static uint32_t Sync_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t Async_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t Total_hash = 0;
-*/
-
-    if(unlikely(Read_hash == 0)) {
-        Read_hash = simple_hash("Read");
-        Write_hash = simple_hash("Write");
-/*
-        Sync_hash = simple_hash("Sync");
-        Async_hash = simple_hash("Async");
-        Total_hash = simple_hash("Total");
-*/
+    if(unlikely(io->enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && io->delay_counter > 0)) {
+        io->delay_counter--;
+        return;
     }
 
-    io->updated = 0;
-    if(io->filename) {
+    if(likely(io->filename)) {
         ff = procfile_reopen(ff, io->filename, NULL, PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
-        if(!ff) return;
+        if(unlikely(!ff)) {
+            io->updated = 0;
+            return;
+        }
 
         ff = procfile_readall(ff);
-        if(!ff) return;
+        if(unlikely(!ff)) {
+            io->updated = 0;
+            return;
+        }
 
         unsigned long i, lines = procfile_lines(ff);
 
-        if(lines < 1) {
+        if(unlikely(lines < 1)) {
             error("File '%s' should have 1+ lines.", io->filename);
+            io->updated = 0;
             return;
         }
 
@@ -329,237 +538,142 @@ void cgroup_read_blkio(struct blkio *io) {
             char *s = procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1);
             uint32_t hash = simple_hash(s);
 
-            if(hash == Read_hash && !strcmp(s, "Read"))
-                io->Read += strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2), NULL, 10);
+            if(unlikely(hash == Read_hash && !strcmp(s, "Read")))
+                io->Read += str2ull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2));
 
-            else if(hash == Write_hash && !strcmp(s, "Write"))
-                io->Write += strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2), NULL, 10);
+            else if(unlikely(hash == Write_hash && !strcmp(s, "Write")))
+                io->Write += str2ull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2));
 
 /*
-            else if(hash == Sync_hash && !strcmp(s, "Sync"))
-                io->Sync += strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2), NULL, 10);
+            else if(unlikely(hash == Sync_hash && !strcmp(s, "Sync")))
+                io->Sync += str2ull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2));
 
-            else if(hash == Async_hash && !strcmp(s, "Async"))
-                io->Async += strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2), NULL, 10);
+            else if(unlikely(hash == Async_hash && !strcmp(s, "Async")))
+                io->Async += str2ull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2));
 
-            else if(hash == Total_hash && !strcmp(s, "Total"))
-                io->Total += strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2), NULL, 10);
+            else if(unlikely(hash == Total_hash && !strcmp(s, "Total")))
+                io->Total += str2ull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 2));
 */
         }
 
         io->updated = 1;
-        // fprintf(stderr, "READ '%s': Read: %llu, Write: %llu, Sync: %llu, Async: %llu, Total: %llu\n", io->filename, io->Read, io->Write, io->Sync, io->Async, io->Total);
+
+        if(unlikely(io->enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO)) {
+            if(unlikely(io->Read || io->Write))
+                io->enabled = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+            else
+                io->delay_counter = cgroup_recheck_zero_blkio_every_iterations;
+        }
     }
 }
 
-void cgroup_read_memory(struct memory *mem) {
+static inline void cgroup_read_memory(struct memory *mem) {
     static procfile *ff = NULL;
 
-    static uint32_t cache_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t rss_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t rss_huge_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t mapped_file_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t writeback_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t dirty_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t swap_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t pgpgin_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t pgpgout_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t pgfault_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t pgmajfault_hash = 0;
-/*
-    static uint32_t inactive_anon_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t active_anon_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t inactive_file_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t active_file_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t unevictable_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t hierarchical_memory_limit_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_cache_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_rss_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_rss_huge_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_mapped_file_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_writeback_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_dirty_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_swap_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_pgpgin_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_pgpgout_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_pgfault_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_pgmajfault_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_inactive_anon_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_active_anon_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_inactive_file_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_active_file_hash = 0;
-    static uint32_t total_unevictable_hash = 0;
-*/
-    if(unlikely(cache_hash == 0)) {
-        cache_hash = simple_hash("cache");
-        rss_hash = simple_hash("rss");
-        rss_huge_hash = simple_hash("rss_huge");
-        mapped_file_hash = simple_hash("mapped_file");
-        writeback_hash = simple_hash("writeback");
-        dirty_hash = simple_hash("dirty");
-        swap_hash = simple_hash("swap");
-        pgpgin_hash = simple_hash("pgpgin");
-        pgpgout_hash = simple_hash("pgpgout");
-        pgfault_hash = simple_hash("pgfault");
-        pgmajfault_hash = simple_hash("pgmajfault");
-/*
-        inactive_anon_hash = simple_hash("inactive_anon");
-        active_anon_hash = simple_hash("active_anon");
-        inactive_file_hash = simple_hash("inactive_file");
-        active_file_hash = simple_hash("active_file");
-        unevictable_hash = simple_hash("unevictable");
-        hierarchical_memory_limit_hash = simple_hash("hierarchical_memory_limit");
-        total_cache_hash = simple_hash("total_cache");
-        total_rss_hash = simple_hash("total_rss");
-        total_rss_huge_hash = simple_hash("total_rss_huge");
-        total_mapped_file_hash = simple_hash("total_mapped_file");
-        total_writeback_hash = simple_hash("total_writeback");
-        total_dirty_hash = simple_hash("total_dirty");
-        total_swap_hash = simple_hash("total_swap");
-        total_pgpgin_hash = simple_hash("total_pgpgin");
-        total_pgpgout_hash = simple_hash("total_pgpgout");
-        total_pgfault_hash = simple_hash("total_pgfault");
-        total_pgmajfault_hash = simple_hash("total_pgmajfault");
-        total_inactive_anon_hash = simple_hash("total_inactive_anon");
-        total_active_anon_hash = simple_hash("total_active_anon");
-        total_inactive_file_hash = simple_hash("total_inactive_file");
-        total_active_file_hash = simple_hash("total_active_file");
-        total_unevictable_hash = simple_hash("total_unevictable");
-*/
-    }
+    // read detailed ram usage
+    if(likely(mem->filename_detailed)) {
+        if(unlikely(mem->enabled_detailed == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && mem->delay_counter_detailed > 0)) {
+            mem->delay_counter_detailed--;
+            goto memory_next;
+        }
 
-    mem->updated = 0;
-    if(mem->filename) {
-        ff = procfile_reopen(ff, mem->filename, NULL, PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
-        if(!ff) return;
+        ff = procfile_reopen(ff, mem->filename_detailed, NULL, PROCFILE_FLAG_DEFAULT);
+        if(unlikely(!ff)) {
+            mem->updated_detailed = 0;
+            goto memory_next;
+        }
 
         ff = procfile_readall(ff);
-        if(!ff) return;
+        if(unlikely(!ff)) {
+            mem->updated_detailed = 0;
+            goto memory_next;
+        }
 
         unsigned long i, lines = procfile_lines(ff);
 
-        if(lines < 1) {
-            error("File '%s' should have 1+ lines.", mem->filename);
-            return;
+        if(unlikely(lines < 1)) {
+            error("File '%s' should have 1+ lines.", mem->filename_detailed);
+            mem->updated_detailed = 0;
+            goto memory_next;
         }
 
-        for(i = 0; i < lines ; i++) {
-            char *s = procfile_lineword(ff, i, 0);
-            uint32_t hash = simple_hash(s);
-
-            if(hash == cache_hash && !strcmp(s, "cache"))
-                mem->cache = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == rss_hash && !strcmp(s, "rss"))
-                mem->rss = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == rss_huge_hash && !strcmp(s, "rss_huge"))
-                mem->rss_huge = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == mapped_file_hash && !strcmp(s, "mapped_file"))
-                mem->mapped_file = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == writeback_hash && !strcmp(s, "writeback"))
-                mem->writeback = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == dirty_hash && !strcmp(s, "dirty")) {
-                mem->dirty = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-                mem->has_dirty_swap = 1;
-            }
-
-            else if(hash == swap_hash && !strcmp(s, "swap")) {
-                mem->swap = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-                mem->has_dirty_swap = 1;
-            }
-
-            else if(hash == pgpgin_hash && !strcmp(s, "pgpgin"))
-                mem->pgpgin = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == pgpgout_hash && !strcmp(s, "pgpgout"))
-                mem->pgpgout = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == pgfault_hash && !strcmp(s, "pgfault"))
-                mem->pgfault = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == pgmajfault_hash && !strcmp(s, "pgmajfault"))
-                mem->pgmajfault = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-/*
-            else if(hash == inactive_anon_hash && !strcmp(s, "inactive_anon"))
-                mem->inactive_anon = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == active_anon_hash && !strcmp(s, "active_anon"))
-                mem->active_anon = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == inactive_file_hash && !strcmp(s, "inactive_file"))
-                mem->inactive_file = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == active_file_hash && !strcmp(s, "active_file"))
-                mem->active_file = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == unevictable_hash && !strcmp(s, "unevictable"))
-                mem->unevictable = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == hierarchical_memory_limit_hash && !strcmp(s, "hierarchical_memory_limit"))
-                mem->hierarchical_memory_limit = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == total_cache_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_cache"))
-                mem->total_cache = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == total_rss_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_rss"))
-                mem->total_rss = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == total_rss_huge_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_rss_huge"))
-                mem->total_rss_huge = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == total_mapped_file_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_mapped_file"))
-                mem->total_mapped_file = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-
-            else if(hash == total_writeback_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_writeback"))
-                mem->total_writeback = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+        if(unlikely(!mem->arl_base)) {
+            mem->arl_base = arl_create("cgroup/memory", NULL, 60);
+
+            arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "cache", &mem->cache);
+            arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "rss", &mem->rss);
+            arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "rss_huge", &mem->rss_huge);
+            arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "mapped_file", &mem->mapped_file);
+            arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "writeback", &mem->writeback);
+            mem->arl_dirty = arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "dirty", &mem->dirty);
+            mem->arl_swap  = arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "swap", &mem->swap);
+            arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "pgpgin", &mem->pgpgin);
+            arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "pgpgout", &mem->pgpgout);
+            arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "pgfault", &mem->pgfault);
+            arl_expect(mem->arl_base, "pgmajfault", &mem->pgmajfault);
+        }
 
-            else if(hash == total_dirty_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_dirty"))
-                mem->total_dirty = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+        arl_begin(mem->arl_base);
 
-            else if(hash == total_swap_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_swap"))
-                mem->total_swap = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+        for(i = 0; i < lines ; i++) {
+            if(arl_check(mem->arl_base,
+                    procfile_lineword(ff, i, 0),
+                    procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1))) break;
+        }
 
-            else if(hash == total_pgpgin_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_pgpgin"))
-                mem->total_pgpgin = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+        if(unlikely(mem->arl_dirty->flags & ARL_ENTRY_FLAG_FOUND))
+            mem->detailed_has_dirty = 1;
 
-            else if(hash == total_pgpgout_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_pgpgout"))
-                mem->total_pgpgout = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+        if(unlikely(mem->arl_swap->flags & ARL_ENTRY_FLAG_FOUND))
+            mem->detailed_has_swap = 1;
 
-            else if(hash == total_pgfault_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_pgfault"))
-                mem->total_pgfault = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+        // fprintf(stderr, "READ: '%s', cache: %llu, rss: %llu, rss_huge: %llu, mapped_file: %llu, writeback: %llu, dirty: %llu, swap: %llu, pgpgin: %llu, pgpgout: %llu, pgfault: %llu, pgmajfault: %llu, inactive_anon: %llu, active_anon: %llu, inactive_file: %llu, active_file: %llu, unevictable: %llu, hierarchical_memory_limit: %llu, total_cache: %llu, total_rss: %llu, total_rss_huge: %llu, total_mapped_file: %llu, total_writeback: %llu, total_dirty: %llu, total_swap: %llu, total_pgpgin: %llu, total_pgpgout: %llu, total_pgfault: %llu, total_pgmajfault: %llu, total_inactive_anon: %llu, total_active_anon: %llu, total_inactive_file: %llu, total_active_file: %llu, total_unevictable: %llu\n", mem->filename, mem->cache, mem->rss, mem->rss_huge, mem->mapped_file, mem->writeback, mem->dirty, mem->swap, mem->pgpgin, mem->pgpgout, mem->pgfault, mem->pgmajfault, mem->inactive_anon, mem->active_anon, mem->inactive_file, mem->active_file, mem->unevictable, mem->hierarchical_memory_limit, mem->total_cache, mem->total_rss, mem->total_rss_huge, mem->total_mapped_file, mem->total_writeback, mem->total_dirty, mem->total_swap, mem->total_pgpgin, mem->total_pgpgout, mem->total_pgfault, mem->total_pgmajfault, mem->total_inactive_anon, mem->total_active_anon, mem->total_inactive_file, mem->total_active_file, mem->total_unevictable);
 
-            else if(hash == total_pgmajfault_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_pgmajfault"))
-                mem->total_pgmajfault = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+        mem->updated_detailed = 1;
 
-            else if(hash == total_inactive_anon_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_inactive_anon"))
-                mem->total_inactive_anon = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+        if(unlikely(mem->enabled_detailed == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO)) {
+            if(mem->cache || mem->dirty || mem->rss || mem->rss_huge || mem->mapped_file || mem->writeback || mem->swap || mem->pgpgin || mem->pgpgout || mem->pgfault || mem->pgmajfault)
+                mem->enabled_detailed = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+            else
+                mem->delay_counter_detailed = cgroup_recheck_zero_mem_detailed_every_iterations;
+        }
+    }
 
-            else if(hash == total_active_anon_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_active_anon"))
-                mem->total_active_anon = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+memory_next:
 
-            else if(hash == total_inactive_file_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_inactive_file"))
-                mem->total_inactive_file = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+    // read usage_in_bytes
+    if(likely(mem->filename_usage_in_bytes)) {
+        mem->updated_usage_in_bytes = !read_single_number_file(mem->filename_usage_in_bytes, &mem->usage_in_bytes);
+        if(unlikely(mem->updated_usage_in_bytes && mem->enabled_usage_in_bytes == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && mem->usage_in_bytes))
+            mem->enabled_usage_in_bytes = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+    }
 
-            else if(hash == total_active_file_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_active_file"))
-                mem->total_active_file = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
+    // read msw_usage_in_bytes
+    if(likely(mem->filename_msw_usage_in_bytes)) {
+        mem->updated_msw_usage_in_bytes = !read_single_number_file(mem->filename_msw_usage_in_bytes, &mem->msw_usage_in_bytes);
+        if(unlikely(mem->updated_msw_usage_in_bytes && mem->enabled_msw_usage_in_bytes == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && mem->msw_usage_in_bytes))
+            mem->enabled_msw_usage_in_bytes = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+    }
 
-            else if(hash == total_unevictable_hash && !strcmp(s, "total_unevictable"))
-                mem->total_unevictable = strtoull(procfile_lineword(ff, i, 1), NULL, 10);
-*/
+    // read failcnt
+    if(likely(mem->filename_failcnt)) {
+        if(unlikely(mem->enabled_failcnt == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO && mem->delay_counter_failcnt > 0)) {
+            mem->updated_failcnt = 0;
+            mem->delay_counter_failcnt--;
+        }
+        else {
+            mem->updated_failcnt = !read_single_number_file(mem->filename_failcnt, &mem->failcnt);
+            if(unlikely(mem->updated_failcnt && mem->enabled_failcnt == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO)) {
+                if(unlikely(!mem->failcnt))
+                    mem->delay_counter_failcnt = cgroup_recheck_zero_mem_failcnt_every_iterations;
+                else
+                    mem->enabled_failcnt = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES;
+            }
         }
-
-        // fprintf(stderr, "READ: '%s', cache: %llu, rss: %llu, rss_huge: %llu, mapped_file: %llu, writeback: %llu, dirty: %llu, swap: %llu, pgpgin: %llu, pgpgout: %llu, pgfault: %llu, pgmajfault: %llu, inactive_anon: %llu, active_anon: %llu, inactive_file: %llu, active_file: %llu, unevictable: %llu, hierarchical_memory_limit: %llu, total_cache: %llu, total_rss: %llu, total_rss_huge: %llu, total_mapped_file: %llu, total_writeback: %llu, total_dirty: %llu, total_swap: %llu, total_pgpgin: %llu, total_pgpgout: %llu, total_pgfault: %llu, total_pgmajfault: %llu, total_inactive_anon: %llu, total_active_anon: %llu, total_inactive_file: %llu, total_active_file: %llu, total_unevictable: %llu\n", mem->filename, mem->cache, mem->rss, mem->rss_huge, mem->mapped_file, mem->writeback, mem->dirty, mem->swap, mem->pgpgin, mem->pgpgout, mem->pgfault, mem->pgmajfault, mem->inactive_anon, mem->active_anon, mem->inactive_file, mem->active_file, mem->unevictable, mem->hierarchical_memory_limit, mem->total_cache, mem->total_rss, mem->total_rss_huge, mem->total_mapped_file, mem->total_writeback, mem->total_dirty, mem->total_swap, mem->total_pgpgin, mem->total_pgpgout, mem->total_pgfault, mem->total_pgmajfault, mem->total_inactive_anon, mem->total_active_anon, mem->total_inactive_file, mem->total_active_file, mem->total_unevictable);
-
-        mem->updated = 1;
     }
 }
 
-void cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cg) {
+static inline void cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cg) {
     debug(D_CGROUP, "reading metrics for cgroups '%s'", cg->id);
 
     cgroup_read_cpuacct_stat(&cg->cpuacct_stat);
@@ -573,7 +687,7 @@ void cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cg) {
     cgroup_read_blkio(&cg->io_queued);
 }
 
-void read_all_cgroups(struct cgroup *root) {
+static inline void read_all_cgroups(struct cgroup *root) {
     debug(D_CGROUP, "reading metrics for all cgroups");
 
     struct cgroup *cg;
@@ -588,108 +702,81 @@ void read_all_cgroups(struct cgroup *root) {
 
 #define CGROUP_CHARTID_LINE_MAX 1024
 
-void cgroup_get_chart_id(struct cgroup *cg) {
-    debug(D_CGROUP, "getting the name of cgroup '%s'", cg->id);
+static inline char *cgroup_title_strdupz(const char *s) {
+    if(!s || !*s) s = "/";
+
+    if(*s == '/' && s[1] != '\0') s++;
+
+    char *r = strdupz(s);
+    netdata_fix_chart_name(r);
+
+    return r;
+}
+
+static inline char *cgroup_chart_id_strdupz(const char *s) {
+    if(!s || !*s) s = "/";
+
+    if(*s == '/' && s[1] != '\0') s++;
+
+    char *r = strdupz(s);
+    netdata_fix_chart_id(r);
+
+    return r;
+}
+
+static inline void cgroup_get_chart_name(struct cgroup *cg) {
+    debug(D_CGROUP, "looking for the name of cgroup '%s' with chart id '%s' and title '%s'", cg->id, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title);
 
     pid_t cgroup_pid;
     char buffer[CGROUP_CHARTID_LINE_MAX + 1];
 
-    snprintfz(buffer, CGROUP_CHARTID_LINE_MAX, "exec %s '%s'",
-             config_get("plugin:cgroups", "script to get cgroup names", PLUGINS_DIR "/cgroup-name.sh"), cg->chart_id);
+    snprintfz(buffer, CGROUP_CHARTID_LINE_MAX, "exec %s '%s'", cgroups_rename_script, cg->chart_id);
 
     debug(D_CGROUP, "executing command '%s' for cgroup '%s'", buffer, cg->id);
     FILE *fp = mypopen(buffer, &cgroup_pid);
-    if(!fp) {
-        error("CGROUP: Cannot popen(\"%s\", \"r\").", buffer);
-        return;
-    }
-    debug(D_CGROUP, "reading from command '%s' for cgroup '%s'", buffer, cg->id);
-    char *s = fgets(buffer, CGROUP_CHARTID_LINE_MAX, fp);
-    debug(D_CGROUP, "closing command for cgroup '%s'", cg->id);
-    mypclose(fp, cgroup_pid);
-    debug(D_CGROUP, "closed command for cgroup '%s'", cg->id);
+    if(fp) {
+        // debug(D_CGROUP, "reading from command '%s' for cgroup '%s'", buffer, cg->id);
+        char *s = fgets(buffer, CGROUP_CHARTID_LINE_MAX, fp);
+        // debug(D_CGROUP, "closing command for cgroup '%s'", cg->id);
+        mypclose(fp, cgroup_pid);
+        // debug(D_CGROUP, "closed command for cgroup '%s'", cg->id);
 
-    if(s && *s && *s != '\n') {
-        debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' should be renamed to '%s'", cg->id, s);
+        if(s && *s && *s != '\n') {
+            debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' should be renamed to '%s'", cg->id, s);
 
-        trim(s);
+            trim(s);
 
-        freez(cg->chart_title);
-        cg->chart_title = strdupz(s);
-        netdata_fix_chart_name(cg->chart_title);
+            freez(cg->chart_title);
+            cg->chart_title = cgroup_title_strdupz(s);
 
-        freez(cg->chart_id);
-        cg->chart_id = strdupz(s);
-        netdata_fix_chart_id(cg->chart_id);
-        cg->hash_chart = simple_hash(cg->chart_id);
-
-        debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' renamed to '%s' (title: '%s')", cg->id, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title);
+            freez(cg->chart_id);
+            cg->chart_id = cgroup_chart_id_strdupz(s);
+            cg->hash_chart = simple_hash(cg->chart_id);
+        }
     }
-    else debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' is not to be renamed (will be shown as '%s')", cg->id, cg->chart_id);
+    else
+        error("CGROUP: Cannot popen(\"%s\", \"r\").", buffer);
 }
 
-struct cgroup *cgroup_add(const char *id) {
-    debug(D_CGROUP, "adding cgroup '%s'", id);
+static inline struct cgroup *cgroup_add(const char *id) {
+    if(!id || !*id) id = "/";
+    debug(D_CGROUP, "adding to list, cgroup with id '%s'", id);
 
     if(cgroup_root_count >= cgroup_root_max) {
         info("Maximum number of cgroups reached (%d). Not adding cgroup '%s'", cgroup_root_count, id);
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    int def = cgroup_enable_new_cgroups_detected_at_runtime;
-    const char *chart_id = id;
-    if(!*chart_id) {
-        chart_id = "/";
-
-        // disable by default the root cgroup
-        def = 0;
-        debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' is the root container (by default %s)", id, (def)?"enabled":"disabled");
-    }
-    else {
-        if(*chart_id == '/') chart_id++;
-
-        size_t len = strlen(chart_id);
-
-        // disable by default the parent cgroup
-        // for known cgroup managers
-        if(!strcmp(chart_id, "lxc") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "docker") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "libvirt") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "qemu") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "systemd") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "system.slice") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "machine.slice") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "init.scope") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "user") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "system") ||
-                !strcmp(chart_id, "machine") ||
-                // starts with them
-                (len >  6 && !strncmp(chart_id, "user/", 6)) ||
-                (len > 11 && !strncmp(chart_id, "user.slice/", 11)) ||
-                // ends with them
-                (len >  5 && !strncmp(&chart_id[len -  5], ".user", 5)) ||
-                (len >  5 && !strncmp(&chart_id[len -  5], ".swap", 5)) ||
-                (len >  6 && !strncmp(&chart_id[len -  6], ".slice", 6)) ||
-                (len >  6 && !strncmp(&chart_id[len -  6], ".mount", 6)) ||
-                (len >  8 && !strncmp(&chart_id[len -  8], ".session", 8)) ||
-                (len >  8 && !strncmp(&chart_id[len -  8], ".service", 8)) ||
-                (len > 10 && !strncmp(&chart_id[len - 10], ".partition", 10))
-                ) {
-            def = 0;
-            debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' is %s (by default)", id, (def)?"enabled":"disabled");
-        }
-    }
-
+    int def = simple_pattern_matches(enabled_cgroup_patterns, id)?cgroup_enable_new_cgroups_detected_at_runtime:0;
     struct cgroup *cg = callocz(1, sizeof(struct cgroup));
 
     cg->id = strdupz(id);
     cg->hash = simple_hash(cg->id);
 
-    cg->chart_id = strdupz(chart_id);
-    netdata_fix_chart_id(cg->chart_id);
-    cg->hash_chart = simple_hash(cg->chart_id);
+    cg->chart_title = cgroup_title_strdupz(id);
 
-    cg->chart_title = strdupz(chart_id);
+    cg->chart_id = cgroup_chart_id_strdupz(id);
+    cg->hash_chart = simple_hash(cg->chart_id);
 
     if(!cgroup_root)
         cgroup_root = cg;
@@ -702,15 +789,64 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_add(const char *id) {
 
     cgroup_root_count++;
 
-    // fix the name by calling the external script
-    cgroup_get_chart_id(cg);
+    // fix the chart_id and title by calling the external script
+    if(simple_pattern_matches(enabled_cgroup_renames, cg->id)) {
+
+        cgroup_get_chart_name(cg);
+
+        debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' renamed to '%s' (title: '%s')", cg->id, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title);
+    }
+    else
+        debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' will not be renamed - it matches the list of disabled cgroup renames (will be shown as '%s')", cg->id, cg->chart_id);
+
+    int user_configurable = 1;
+
+    // check if this cgroup should be a systemd service
+    if(cgroup_enable_systemd_services) {
+        if(simple_pattern_matches(systemd_services_cgroups, cg->id) ||
+                simple_pattern_matches(systemd_services_cgroups, cg->chart_id)) {
+            debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' with chart id '%s' (title: '%s') matches systemd services cgroups", cg->id, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title);
+
+            char buffer[CGROUP_CHARTID_LINE_MAX + 1];
+            cg->options |= CGROUP_OPTIONS_SYSTEM_SLICE_SERVICE;
+
+            strncpy(buffer, cg->id, CGROUP_CHARTID_LINE_MAX);
+            char *s = buffer;
 
-    debug(D_CGROUP, "adding cgroup '%s' with chart id '%s'", id, chart_id);
+            //freez(cg->chart_id);
+            //cg->chart_id = cgroup_chart_id_strdupz(s);
+            //cg->hash_chart = simple_hash(cg->chart_id);
 
-    char option[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
-    snprintfz(option, FILENAME_MAX, "enable cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-    cg->enabled = config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", option, def);
+            // skip to the last slash
+            size_t len = strlen(s);
+            while(len--) if(unlikely(s[len] == '/')) break;
+            if(len) s = &s[len + 1];
 
+            // remove extension
+            len = strlen(s);
+            while(len--) if(unlikely(s[len] == '.')) break;
+            if(len) s[len] = '\0';
+
+            freez(cg->chart_title);
+            cg->chart_title = cgroup_title_strdupz(s);
+
+            cg->enabled = 1;
+            user_configurable = 0;
+
+            debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' renamed to '%s' (title: '%s')", cg->id, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title);
+        }
+        else
+            debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' with chart id '%s' (title: '%s') does not match systemd services groups", cg->id, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title);
+    }
+
+    if(user_configurable) {
+        // allow the user to enable/disable this individualy
+        char option[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+        snprintfz(option, FILENAME_MAX, "enable cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
+        cg->enabled = (char) config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", option, def);
+    }
+
+    // detect duplicate cgroups
     if(cg->enabled) {
         struct cgroup *t;
         for (t = cgroup_root; t; t = t->next) {
@@ -737,36 +873,60 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_add(const char *id) {
         }
     }
 
-    debug(D_CGROUP, "Added cgroup '%s' with chart id '%s' and title '%s' as %s (default was %s)", cg->id, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, (cg->enabled)?"enabled":"disabled", (def)?"enabled":"disabled");
+    debug(D_CGROUP, "ADDED CGROUP: '%s' with chart id '%s' and title '%s' as %s (default was %s)", cg->id, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, (cg->enabled)?"enabled":"disabled", (def)?"enabled":"disabled");
 
     return cg;
 }
 
-void cgroup_free(struct cgroup *cg) {
+static inline void cgroup_free(struct cgroup *cg) {
     debug(D_CGROUP, "Removing cgroup '%s' with chart id '%s' (was %s and %s)", cg->id, cg->chart_id, (cg->enabled)?"enabled":"disabled", (cg->available)?"available":"not available");
 
+    if(cg->st_cpu)                   rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_cpu,                   RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_cpu_per_core)          rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_cpu_per_core,          RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_mem)                   rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_mem,                   RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_writeback)             rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_writeback,             RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_mem_activity)          rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_mem_activity,          RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_pgfaults)              rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_pgfaults,              RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_mem_usage)             rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_mem_usage,             RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_mem_failcnt)           rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_mem_failcnt,           RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_io)                    rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_io,                    RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_serviced_ops)          rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_serviced_ops,          RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_throttle_io)           rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_throttle_io,           RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops) rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops, RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_queued_ops)            rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_queued_ops,            RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+    if(cg->st_merged_ops)            rrdset_flag_set(cg->st_merged_ops,            RRDSET_FLAG_OBSOLETE);
+
     freez(cg->cpuacct_usage.cpu_percpu);
 
     freez(cg->cpuacct_stat.filename);
     freez(cg->cpuacct_usage.filename);
-    freez(cg->memory.filename);
+
+    arl_free(cg->memory.arl_base);
+    freez(cg->memory.filename_detailed);
+    freez(cg->memory.filename_failcnt);
+    freez(cg->memory.filename_usage_in_bytes);
+    freez(cg->memory.filename_msw_usage_in_bytes);
+
     freez(cg->io_service_bytes.filename);
     freez(cg->io_serviced.filename);
+
     freez(cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.filename);
     freez(cg->throttle_io_serviced.filename);
+
     freez(cg->io_merged.filename);
     freez(cg->io_queued.filename);
 
     freez(cg->id);
     freez(cg->chart_id);
     freez(cg->chart_title);
+
     freez(cg);
 
     cgroup_root_count--;
 }
 
 // find if a given cgroup exists
-struct cgroup *cgroup_find(const char *id) {
+static inline struct cgroup *cgroup_find(const char *id) {
     debug(D_CGROUP, "searching for cgroup '%s'", id);
 
     uint32_t hash = simple_hash(id);
@@ -777,7 +937,7 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_find(const char *id) {
             break;
     }
 
-    debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup_find('%s') %s", id, (cg)?"found":"not found");
+    debug(D_CGROUP, "cgroup '%s' %s in memory", id, (cg)?"found":"not found");
     return cg;
 }
 
@@ -785,7 +945,7 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_find(const char *id) {
 // detect running cgroups
 
 // callback for find_file_in_subdirs()
-void found_subdir_in_dir(const char *dir) {
+static inline void found_subdir_in_dir(const char *dir) {
     debug(D_CGROUP, "examining cgroup dir '%s'", dir);
 
     struct cgroup *cg = cgroup_find(dir);
@@ -803,21 +963,24 @@ void found_subdir_in_dir(const char *dir) {
                 return;
             }
         }
-        debug(D_CGROUP, "will add dir '%s' as cgroup", dir);
+        // debug(D_CGROUP, "will add dir '%s' as cgroup", dir);
         cg = cgroup_add(dir);
     }
 
     if(cg) cg->available = 1;
 }
 
-int find_dir_in_subdirs(const char *base, const char *this, void (*callback)(const char *)) {
-    debug(D_CGROUP, "searching for directories in '%s'", base);
+static inline int find_dir_in_subdirs(const char *base, const char *this, void (*callback)(const char *)) {
+    if(!this) this = base;
+    debug(D_CGROUP, "searching for directories in '%s' (base '%s')", this?this:"", base);
+
+    size_t dirlen = strlen(this), baselen = strlen(base);
 
     int ret = -1;
     int enabled = -1;
-    if(!this) this = base;
-    size_t dirlen = strlen(this), baselen = strlen(base);
+
     const char *relative_path = &this[baselen];
+    if(!*relative_path) relative_path = "/";
 
     DIR *dir = opendir(this);
     if(!dir) {
@@ -837,13 +1000,13 @@ int find_dir_in_subdirs(const char *base, const char *this, void (*callback)(con
                 ))
             continue;
 
-        debug(D_CGROUP, "examining '%s/%s'", this, de->d_name);
-
         if(de->d_type == DT_DIR) {
             if(enabled == -1) {
                 const char *r = relative_path;
                 if(*r == '\0') r = "/";
-                else if (*r == '/') r++;
+
+                // do not decent in directories we are not interested
+                int def = simple_pattern_matches(enabled_cgroup_paths, r);
 
                 // we check for this option here
                 // so that the config will not have settings
@@ -851,7 +1014,7 @@ int find_dir_in_subdirs(const char *base, const char *this, void (*callback)(con
                 char option[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
                 snprintfz(option, FILENAME_MAX, "search for cgroups under %s", r);
                 option[FILENAME_MAX] = '\0';
-                enabled = config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", option, 1);
+                enabled = config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", option, def);
             }
 
             if(enabled) {
@@ -870,7 +1033,7 @@ int find_dir_in_subdirs(const char *base, const char *this, void (*callback)(con
     return ret;
 }
 
-void mark_all_cgroups_as_not_available() {
+static inline void mark_all_cgroups_as_not_available() {
     debug(D_CGROUP, "marking all cgroups as not available");
 
     struct cgroup *cg;
@@ -881,7 +1044,7 @@ void mark_all_cgroups_as_not_available() {
     }
 }
 
-void cleanup_all_cgroups() {
+static inline void cleanup_all_cgroups() {
     struct cgroup *cg = cgroup_root, *last = NULL;
 
     for(; cg ;) {
@@ -918,36 +1081,45 @@ void cleanup_all_cgroups() {
     }
 }
 
-void find_all_cgroups() {
+static inline void find_all_cgroups() {
     debug(D_CGROUP, "searching for cgroups");
 
     mark_all_cgroups_as_not_available();
 
     if(cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat || cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage) {
-        if (find_dir_in_subdirs(cgroup_cpuacct_base, NULL, found_subdir_in_dir) == -1) {
-            cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat = cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage = 0;
-            error("disabled cgroup cpu statistics.");
+        if(find_dir_in_subdirs(cgroup_cpuacct_base, NULL, found_subdir_in_dir) == -1) {
+            cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat =
+            cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_NO;
+            error("disabled CGROUP cpu statistics.");
         }
     }
 
-    if(cgroup_enable_blkio) {
-        if (find_dir_in_subdirs(cgroup_blkio_base, NULL, found_subdir_in_dir) == -1) {
-            cgroup_enable_blkio = 0;
-            error("disabled cgroup blkio statistics.");
+    if(cgroup_enable_blkio_io || cgroup_enable_blkio_ops || cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_io || cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_ops || cgroup_enable_blkio_merged_ops || cgroup_enable_blkio_queued_ops) {
+        if(find_dir_in_subdirs(cgroup_blkio_base, NULL, found_subdir_in_dir) == -1) {
+            cgroup_enable_blkio_io =
+            cgroup_enable_blkio_ops =
+            cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_io =
+            cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_ops =
+            cgroup_enable_blkio_merged_ops =
+            cgroup_enable_blkio_queued_ops = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_NO;
+            error("disabled CGROUP blkio statistics.");
         }
     }
 
-    if(cgroup_enable_memory) {
+    if(cgroup_enable_memory || cgroup_enable_detailed_memory || cgroup_enable_swap || cgroup_enable_memory_failcnt) {
         if(find_dir_in_subdirs(cgroup_memory_base, NULL, found_subdir_in_dir) == -1) {
-            cgroup_enable_memory = 0;
-            error("disabled cgroup memory statistics.");
+            cgroup_enable_memory =
+            cgroup_enable_detailed_memory =
+            cgroup_enable_swap =
+            cgroup_enable_memory_failcnt = CONFIG_BOOLEAN_NO;
+            error("disabled CGROUP memory statistics.");
         }
     }
 
-    if(cgroup_enable_devices) {
+    if(cgroup_search_in_devices) {
         if(find_dir_in_subdirs(cgroup_devices_base, NULL, found_subdir_in_dir) == -1) {
-            cgroup_enable_devices = 0;
-            error("disabled cgroup devices statistics.");
+            cgroup_search_in_devices = 0;
+            error("disabled CGROUP devices statistics.");
         }
     }
 
@@ -967,79 +1139,136 @@ void find_all_cgroups() {
         // check for newly added cgroups
         // and update the filenames they read
         char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
-        if(cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat && !cg->cpuacct_stat.filename) {
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat && !cg->cpuacct_stat.filename)) {
             snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/cpuacct.stat", cgroup_cpuacct_base, cg->id);
-            if(stat(filename, &buf) != -1) {
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
                 cg->cpuacct_stat.filename = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->cpuacct_stat.enabled = cgroup_enable_cpuacct_stat;
                 debug(D_CGROUP, "cpuacct.stat filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->cpuacct_stat.filename);
             }
-            else debug(D_CGROUP, "cpuacct.stat file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "cpuacct.stat file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
         }
-        if(cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage && !cg->cpuacct_usage.filename) {
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage && !cg->cpuacct_usage.filename && !(cg->options & CGROUP_OPTIONS_SYSTEM_SLICE_SERVICE))) {
             snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/cpuacct.usage_percpu", cgroup_cpuacct_base, cg->id);
-            if(stat(filename, &buf) != -1) {
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
                 cg->cpuacct_usage.filename = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->cpuacct_usage.enabled = cgroup_enable_cpuacct_usage;
                 debug(D_CGROUP, "cpuacct.usage_percpu filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->cpuacct_usage.filename);
             }
-            else debug(D_CGROUP, "cpuacct.usage_percpu file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "cpuacct.usage_percpu file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
         }
-        if(cgroup_enable_memory && !cg->memory.filename) {
+
+        if(unlikely((cgroup_enable_detailed_memory || cgroup_used_memory_without_cache) && !cg->memory.filename_detailed && (cgroup_used_memory_without_cache || cgroup_enable_systemd_services_detailed_memory || !(cg->options & CGROUP_OPTIONS_SYSTEM_SLICE_SERVICE)))) {
             snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/memory.stat", cgroup_memory_base, cg->id);
-            if(stat(filename, &buf) != -1) {
-                cg->memory.filename = strdupz(filename);
-                debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.stat filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->memory.filename);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->memory.filename_detailed = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->memory.enabled_detailed = (cgroup_enable_detailed_memory == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)?CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES:CONFIG_BOOLEAN_AUTO;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.stat filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->memory.filename_detailed);
             }
-            else debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.stat file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
-        }
-        if(cgroup_enable_blkio) {
-            if(!cg->io_service_bytes.filename) {
-                snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.io_service_bytes", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
-                if(stat(filename, &buf) != -1) {
-                    cg->io_service_bytes.filename = strdupz(filename);
-                    debug(D_CGROUP, "io_service_bytes filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->io_service_bytes.filename);
-                }
-                else debug(D_CGROUP, "io_service_bytes file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.stat file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_memory && !cg->memory.filename_usage_in_bytes)) {
+            snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/memory.usage_in_bytes", cgroup_memory_base, cg->id);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->memory.filename_usage_in_bytes = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->memory.enabled_usage_in_bytes = cgroup_enable_memory;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.usage_in_bytes filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->memory.filename_usage_in_bytes);
             }
-            if(!cg->io_serviced.filename) {
-                snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.io_serviced", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
-                if(stat(filename, &buf) != -1) {
-                    cg->io_serviced.filename = strdupz(filename);
-                    debug(D_CGROUP, "io_serviced filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->io_serviced.filename);
-                }
-                else debug(D_CGROUP, "io_serviced file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.usage_in_bytes file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_swap && !cg->memory.filename_msw_usage_in_bytes)) {
+            snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/memory.msw_usage_in_bytes", cgroup_memory_base, cg->id);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->memory.filename_msw_usage_in_bytes = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->memory.enabled_msw_usage_in_bytes = cgroup_enable_swap;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.msw_usage_in_bytes filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->memory.filename_msw_usage_in_bytes);
             }
-            if(!cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.filename) {
-                snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.throttle.io_service_bytes", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
-                if(stat(filename, &buf) != -1) {
-                    cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.filename = strdupz(filename);
-                    debug(D_CGROUP, "throttle_io_service_bytes filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.filename);
-                }
-                else debug(D_CGROUP, "throttle_io_service_bytes file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.msw_usage_in_bytes file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_memory_failcnt && !cg->memory.filename_failcnt)) {
+            snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/memory.failcnt", cgroup_memory_base, cg->id);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->memory.filename_failcnt = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->memory.enabled_failcnt = cgroup_enable_memory_failcnt;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.failcnt filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->memory.filename_failcnt);
             }
-            if(!cg->throttle_io_serviced.filename) {
-                snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.throttle.io_serviced", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
-                if(stat(filename, &buf) != -1) {
-                    cg->throttle_io_serviced.filename = strdupz(filename);
-                    debug(D_CGROUP, "throttle_io_serviced filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->throttle_io_serviced.filename);
-                }
-                else debug(D_CGROUP, "throttle_io_serviced file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "memory.failcnt file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_blkio_io && !cg->io_service_bytes.filename)) {
+            snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.io_service_bytes", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->io_service_bytes.filename = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->io_service_bytes.enabled = cgroup_enable_blkio_io;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "io_service_bytes filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->io_service_bytes.filename);
             }
-            if(!cg->io_merged.filename) {
-                snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.io_merged", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
-                if(stat(filename, &buf) != -1) {
-                    cg->io_merged.filename = strdupz(filename);
-                    debug(D_CGROUP, "io_merged filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->io_merged.filename);
-                }
-                else debug(D_CGROUP, "io_merged file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "io_service_bytes file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_blkio_ops && !cg->io_serviced.filename)) {
+            snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.io_serviced", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->io_serviced.filename = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->io_serviced.enabled = cgroup_enable_blkio_ops;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "io_serviced filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->io_serviced.filename);
             }
-            if(!cg->io_queued.filename) {
-                snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.io_queued", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
-                if(stat(filename, &buf) != -1) {
-                    cg->io_queued.filename = strdupz(filename);
-                    debug(D_CGROUP, "io_queued filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->io_queued.filename);
-                }
-                else debug(D_CGROUP, "io_queued file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "io_serviced file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_io && !cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.filename)) {
+            snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.throttle.io_service_bytes", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.filename = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.enabled = cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_io;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "throttle_io_service_bytes filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.filename);
+            }
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "throttle_io_service_bytes file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_ops && !cg->throttle_io_serviced.filename)) {
+            snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.throttle.io_serviced", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->throttle_io_serviced.filename = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->throttle_io_serviced.enabled = cgroup_enable_blkio_throttle_ops;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "throttle_io_serviced filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->throttle_io_serviced.filename);
+            }
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "throttle_io_serviced file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_blkio_merged_ops && !cg->io_merged.filename)) {
+            snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.io_merged", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->io_merged.filename = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->io_merged.enabled = cgroup_enable_blkio_merged_ops;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "io_merged filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->io_merged.filename);
+            }
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "io_merged file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_blkio_queued_ops && !cg->io_queued.filename)) {
+            snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s%s/blkio.io_queued", cgroup_blkio_base, cg->id);
+            if(likely(stat(filename, &buf) != -1)) {
+                cg->io_queued.filename = strdupz(filename);
+                cg->io_queued.enabled = cgroup_enable_blkio_queued_ops;
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "io_queued filename for cgroup '%s': '%s'", cg->id, cg->io_queued.filename);
             }
+            else
+                debug(D_CGROUP, "io_queued file for cgroup '%s': '%s' does not exist.", cg->id, filename);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1052,281 +1281,1212 @@ void find_all_cgroups() {
 
 #define CHART_TITLE_MAX 300
 
+void update_systemd_services_charts(
+          int update_every
+        , int do_cpu
+        , int do_mem_usage
+        , int do_mem_detailed
+        , int do_mem_failcnt
+        , int do_swap_usage
+        , int do_io
+        , int do_io_ops
+        , int do_throttle_io
+        , int do_throttle_ops
+        , int do_queued_ops
+        , int do_merged_ops
+) {
+    static RRDSET
+        *st_cpu = NULL,
+        *st_mem_usage = NULL,
+        *st_mem_failcnt = NULL,
+        *st_swap_usage = NULL,
+
+        *st_mem_detailed_cache = NULL,
+        *st_mem_detailed_rss = NULL,
+        *st_mem_detailed_mapped = NULL,
+        *st_mem_detailed_writeback = NULL,
+        *st_mem_detailed_pgfault = NULL,
+        *st_mem_detailed_pgmajfault = NULL,
+        *st_mem_detailed_pgpgin = NULL,
+        *st_mem_detailed_pgpgout = NULL,
+
+        *st_io_read = NULL,
+        *st_io_serviced_read = NULL,
+        *st_throttle_io_read = NULL,
+        *st_throttle_ops_read = NULL,
+        *st_queued_ops_read = NULL,
+        *st_merged_ops_read = NULL,
+
+        *st_io_write = NULL,
+        *st_io_serviced_write = NULL,
+        *st_throttle_io_write = NULL,
+        *st_throttle_ops_write = NULL,
+        *st_queued_ops_write = NULL,
+        *st_merged_ops_write = NULL;
+
+    // create the charts
+
+    if(likely(do_cpu)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_cpu)) {
+            char title[CHART_TITLE_MAX + 1];
+            snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Systemd Services CPU utilization (%d%% = %d core%s)", (processors * 100), processors, (processors > 1) ? "s" : "");
+
+            st_cpu = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "cpu"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "cpu"
+                    , "services.cpu"
+                    , title
+                    , "%"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_cpu);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_mem_usage)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_usage)) {
+
+            st_mem_usage = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_usage"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_usage"
+                    , (cgroup_used_memory_without_cache) ? "Systemd Services Used Memory without Cache"
+                                                         : "Systemd Services Used Memory"
+                    , "MB"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 10
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_usage);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_mem_detailed)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_detailed_rss)) {
+
+            st_mem_detailed_rss = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_rss"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_rss"
+                    , "Systemd Services RSS Memory"
+                    , "MB"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 20
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_detailed_rss);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_detailed_mapped)) {
+
+            st_mem_detailed_mapped = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_mapped"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_mapped"
+                    , "Systemd Services Mapped Memory"
+                    , "MB"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 30
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_detailed_mapped);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_detailed_cache)) {
+
+            st_mem_detailed_cache = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_cache"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_cache"
+                    , "Systemd Services Cache Memory"
+                    , "MB"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 40
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_detailed_cache);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_detailed_writeback)) {
+
+            st_mem_detailed_writeback = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_writeback"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_writeback"
+                    , "Systemd Services Writeback Memory"
+                    , "MB"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 50
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_detailed_writeback);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_detailed_pgfault)) {
+
+            st_mem_detailed_pgfault = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_pgfault"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_pgfault"
+                    , "Systemd Services Memory Minor Page Faults"
+                    , "MB/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 60
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_detailed_pgfault);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_detailed_pgmajfault)) {
+
+            st_mem_detailed_pgmajfault = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_pgmajfault"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_pgmajfault"
+                    , "Systemd Services Memory Major Page Faults"
+                    , "MB/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 70
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_detailed_pgmajfault);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_detailed_pgpgin)) {
+
+            st_mem_detailed_pgpgin = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_pgpgin"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_pgpgin"
+                    , "Systemd Services Memory Charging Activity"
+                    , "MB/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 80
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_detailed_pgpgin);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_detailed_pgpgout)) {
+
+            st_mem_detailed_pgpgout = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_pgpgout"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_pgpgout"
+                    , "Systemd Services Memory Uncharging Activity"
+                    , "MB/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 90
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_detailed_pgpgout);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_mem_failcnt)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_mem_failcnt)) {
+
+            st_mem_failcnt = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "mem_failcnt"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "mem"
+                    , "services.mem_failcnt"
+                    , "Systemd Services Memory Limit Failures"
+                    , "MB"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 110
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_mem_failcnt);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_swap_usage)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_swap_usage)) {
+
+            st_swap_usage = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "swap_usage"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "swap"
+                    , "services.swap_usage"
+                    , "Systemd Services Swap Memory Used"
+                    , "MB"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 100
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_swap_usage);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_io)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_io_read)) {
+
+            st_io_read = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "io_read"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.io_read"
+                    , "Systemd Services Disk Read Bandwidth"
+                    , "KB/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 120
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_io_read);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_io_write)) {
+
+            st_io_write = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "io_write"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.io_write"
+                    , "Systemd Services Disk Write Bandwidth"
+                    , "KB/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 130
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_io_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_io_ops)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_io_serviced_read)) {
+
+            st_io_serviced_read = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "io_ops_read"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.io_ops_read"
+                    , "Systemd Services Disk Read Operations"
+                    , "operations/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 140
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_io_serviced_read);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_io_serviced_write)) {
+
+            st_io_serviced_write = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "io_ops_write"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.io_ops_write"
+                    , "Systemd Services Disk Write Operations"
+                    , "operations/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 150
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_io_serviced_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_throttle_io)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_throttle_io_read)) {
+
+            st_throttle_io_read = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "throttle_io_read"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.throttle_io_read"
+                    , "Systemd Services Throttle Disk Read Bandwidth"
+                    , "KB/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 160
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_throttle_io_read);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_throttle_io_write)) {
+
+            st_throttle_io_write = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "throttle_io_write"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.throttle_io_write"
+                    , "Systemd Services Throttle Disk Write Bandwidth"
+                    , "KB/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 170
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_throttle_io_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_throttle_ops)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_throttle_ops_read)) {
+
+            st_throttle_ops_read = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "throttle_io_ops_read"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.throttle_io_ops_read"
+                    , "Systemd Services Throttle Disk Read Operations"
+                    , "operations/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 180
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_throttle_ops_read);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_throttle_ops_write)) {
+
+            st_throttle_ops_write = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "throttle_io_ops_write"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.throttle_io_ops_write"
+                    , "Systemd Services Throttle Disk Write Operations"
+                    , "operations/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 190
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_throttle_ops_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_queued_ops)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_queued_ops_read)) {
+
+            st_queued_ops_read = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "queued_io_ops_read"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.queued_io_ops_read"
+                    , "Systemd Services Queued Disk Read Operations"
+                    , "operations/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 200
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_queued_ops_read);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_queued_ops_write)) {
+
+            st_queued_ops_write = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "queued_io_ops_write"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.queued_io_ops_write"
+                    , "Systemd Services Queued Disk Write Operations"
+                    , "operations/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 210
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_queued_ops_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_merged_ops)) {
+        if(unlikely(!st_merged_ops_read)) {
+
+            st_merged_ops_read = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "merged_io_ops_read"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.merged_io_ops_read"
+                    , "Systemd Services Merged Disk Read Operations"
+                    , "operations/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 220
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_merged_ops_read);
+
+        if(unlikely(!st_merged_ops_write)) {
+
+            st_merged_ops_write = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                    "services"
+                    , "merged_io_ops_write"
+                    , NULL
+                    , "disk"
+                    , "services.merged_io_ops_write"
+                    , "Systemd Services Merged Disk Write Operations"
+                    , "operations/s"
+                    , CHART_PRIORITY_SYSTEMD_SERVICES + 230
+                    , update_every
+                    , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+            );
+
+        }
+        else
+            rrdset_next(st_merged_ops_write);
+    }
+
+    // update the values
+    struct cgroup *cg;
+    for(cg = cgroup_root; cg ; cg = cg->next) {
+        if(unlikely(!cg->available || !cg->enabled || !(cg->options & CGROUP_OPTIONS_SYSTEM_SLICE_SERVICE)))
+            continue;
+
+        if(likely(do_cpu && cg->cpuacct_stat.updated)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_cpu))
+                cg->rd_cpu = rrddim_add(st_cpu, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 100, hz, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_cpu, cg->rd_cpu, cg->cpuacct_stat.user + cg->cpuacct_stat.system);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_mem_usage && cg->memory.updated_usage_in_bytes)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_usage))
+                cg->rd_mem_usage = rrddim_add(st_mem_usage, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_usage, cg->rd_mem_usage, cg->memory.usage_in_bytes - ((cgroup_used_memory_without_cache)?cg->memory.cache:0));
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_mem_detailed && cg->memory.updated_detailed)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_detailed_rss))
+                cg->rd_mem_detailed_rss = rrddim_add(st_mem_detailed_rss, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_detailed_rss, cg->rd_mem_detailed_rss, cg->memory.rss + cg->memory.rss_huge);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_detailed_mapped))
+                cg->rd_mem_detailed_mapped = rrddim_add(st_mem_detailed_mapped, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_detailed_mapped, cg->rd_mem_detailed_mapped, cg->memory.mapped_file);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_detailed_cache))
+                cg->rd_mem_detailed_cache = rrddim_add(st_mem_detailed_cache, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_detailed_cache, cg->rd_mem_detailed_cache, cg->memory.cache);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_detailed_writeback))
+                cg->rd_mem_detailed_writeback = rrddim_add(st_mem_detailed_writeback, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_detailed_writeback, cg->rd_mem_detailed_writeback, cg->memory.writeback);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgfault))
+                cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgfault = rrddim_add(st_mem_detailed_pgfault, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, system_page_size, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_detailed_pgfault, cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgfault, cg->memory.pgfault);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgmajfault))
+                cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgmajfault = rrddim_add(st_mem_detailed_pgmajfault, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, system_page_size, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_detailed_pgmajfault, cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgmajfault, cg->memory.pgmajfault);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgpgin))
+                cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgpgin = rrddim_add(st_mem_detailed_pgpgin, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, system_page_size, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_detailed_pgpgin, cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgpgin, cg->memory.pgpgin);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgpgout))
+                cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgpgout = rrddim_add(st_mem_detailed_pgpgout, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, system_page_size, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_detailed_pgpgout, cg->rd_mem_detailed_pgpgout, cg->memory.pgpgout);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_mem_failcnt && cg->memory.updated_failcnt)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_mem_failcnt))
+                cg->rd_mem_failcnt = rrddim_add(st_mem_failcnt, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_mem_failcnt, cg->rd_mem_failcnt, cg->memory.failcnt);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_swap_usage && cg->memory.updated_msw_usage_in_bytes)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_swap_usage))
+                cg->rd_swap_usage = rrddim_add(st_swap_usage, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_swap_usage, cg->rd_swap_usage, cg->memory.msw_usage_in_bytes);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_io && cg->io_service_bytes.updated)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_io_service_bytes_read))
+                cg->rd_io_service_bytes_read = rrddim_add(st_io_read, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_io_read, cg->rd_io_service_bytes_read, cg->io_service_bytes.Read);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_io_service_bytes_write))
+                cg->rd_io_service_bytes_write = rrddim_add(st_io_write, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_io_write, cg->rd_io_service_bytes_write, cg->io_service_bytes.Write);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_io_ops && cg->io_serviced.updated)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_io_serviced_read))
+                cg->rd_io_serviced_read = rrddim_add(st_io_serviced_read, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_io_serviced_read, cg->rd_io_serviced_read, cg->io_serviced.Read);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_io_serviced_write))
+                cg->rd_io_serviced_write = rrddim_add(st_io_serviced_write, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_io_serviced_write, cg->rd_io_serviced_write, cg->io_serviced.Write);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_throttle_io && cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.updated)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_throttle_io_read))
+                cg->rd_throttle_io_read = rrddim_add(st_throttle_io_read, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_throttle_io_read, cg->rd_throttle_io_read, cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.Read);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_throttle_io_write))
+                cg->rd_throttle_io_write = rrddim_add(st_throttle_io_write, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_throttle_io_write, cg->rd_throttle_io_write, cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.Write);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_throttle_ops && cg->throttle_io_serviced.updated)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_throttle_io_serviced_read))
+                cg->rd_throttle_io_serviced_read = rrddim_add(st_throttle_ops_read, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_throttle_ops_read, cg->rd_throttle_io_serviced_read, cg->throttle_io_serviced.Read);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_throttle_io_serviced_write))
+                cg->rd_throttle_io_serviced_write = rrddim_add(st_throttle_ops_write, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_throttle_ops_write, cg->rd_throttle_io_serviced_write, cg->throttle_io_serviced.Write);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_queued_ops && cg->io_queued.updated)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_io_queued_read))
+                cg->rd_io_queued_read = rrddim_add(st_queued_ops_read, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_queued_ops_read, cg->rd_io_queued_read, cg->io_queued.Read);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_io_queued_write))
+                cg->rd_io_queued_write = rrddim_add(st_queued_ops_write, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_queued_ops_write, cg->rd_io_queued_write, cg->io_queued.Write);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(do_merged_ops && cg->io_merged.updated)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_io_merged_read))
+                cg->rd_io_merged_read = rrddim_add(st_merged_ops_read, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_merged_ops_read, cg->rd_io_merged_read, cg->io_merged.Read);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->rd_io_merged_write))
+                cg->rd_io_merged_write = rrddim_add(st_merged_ops_write, cg->chart_id, cg->chart_title, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+            rrddim_set_by_pointer(st_merged_ops_write, cg->rd_io_merged_write, cg->io_merged.Write);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // complete the iteration
+    if(likely(do_cpu))
+        rrdset_done(st_cpu);
+
+    if(likely(do_mem_usage))
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_usage);
+
+    if(unlikely(do_mem_detailed)) {
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_detailed_cache);
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_detailed_rss);
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_detailed_mapped);
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_detailed_writeback);
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_detailed_pgfault);
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_detailed_pgmajfault);
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_detailed_pgpgin);
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_detailed_pgpgout);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_mem_failcnt))
+        rrdset_done(st_mem_failcnt);
+
+    if(likely(do_swap_usage))
+        rrdset_done(st_swap_usage);
+
+    if(likely(do_io)) {
+        rrdset_done(st_io_read);
+        rrdset_done(st_io_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_io_ops)) {
+        rrdset_done(st_io_serviced_read);
+        rrdset_done(st_io_serviced_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_throttle_io)) {
+        rrdset_done(st_throttle_io_read);
+        rrdset_done(st_throttle_io_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_throttle_ops)) {
+        rrdset_done(st_throttle_ops_read);
+        rrdset_done(st_throttle_ops_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_queued_ops)) {
+        rrdset_done(st_queued_ops_read);
+        rrdset_done(st_queued_ops_write);
+    }
+
+    if(likely(do_merged_ops)) {
+        rrdset_done(st_merged_ops_read);
+        rrdset_done(st_merged_ops_write);
+    }
+}
+
+static inline char *cgroup_chart_type(char *buffer, const char *id, size_t len) {
+    if(buffer[0]) return buffer;
+
+    if(id[0] == '\0' || (id[0] == '/' && id[1] == '\0'))
+        strncpy(buffer, "cgroup_root", len);
+    else
+        snprintfz(buffer, len, "cgroup_%s", id);
+
+    netdata_fix_chart_id(buffer);
+    return buffer;
+}
+
 void update_cgroup_charts(int update_every) {
     debug(D_CGROUP, "updating cgroups charts");
 
     char type[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
     char title[CHART_TITLE_MAX + 1];
 
-    struct cgroup *cg;
-    RRDSET *st;
+    int services_do_cpu = 0,
+            services_do_mem_usage = 0,
+            services_do_mem_detailed = 0,
+            services_do_mem_failcnt = 0,
+            services_do_swap_usage = 0,
+            services_do_io = 0,
+            services_do_io_ops = 0,
+            services_do_throttle_io = 0,
+            services_do_throttle_ops = 0,
+            services_do_queued_ops = 0,
+            services_do_merged_ops = 0;
 
+    struct cgroup *cg;
     for(cg = cgroup_root; cg ; cg = cg->next) {
-        if(!cg->available || !cg->enabled)
+        if(unlikely(!cg->available || !cg->enabled))
             continue;
 
-        if(cg->id[0] == '\0')
-            strcpy(type, "cgroup_root");
-        else if(cg->id[0] == '/')
-            snprintfz(type, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "cgroup_%s", cg->chart_id);
-        else
-            snprintfz(type, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "cgroup_%s", cg->chart_id);
+        if(likely(cgroup_enable_systemd_services && cg->options & CGROUP_OPTIONS_SYSTEM_SLICE_SERVICE)) {
+            if(cg->cpuacct_stat.updated && cg->cpuacct_stat.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_cpu++;
 
-        netdata_fix_chart_id(type);
+            if(cgroup_enable_systemd_services_detailed_memory && cg->memory.updated_detailed && cg->memory.enabled_detailed) services_do_mem_detailed++;
+            if(cg->memory.updated_usage_in_bytes && cg->memory.enabled_usage_in_bytes == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_mem_usage++;
+            if(cg->memory.updated_failcnt && cg->memory.enabled_failcnt == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_mem_failcnt++;
+            if(cg->memory.updated_msw_usage_in_bytes && cg->memory.enabled_msw_usage_in_bytes == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_swap_usage++;
 
-        if(cg->cpuacct_stat.updated) {
-            st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "cpu");
-            if(!st) {
-                snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "CPU Usage (%d%% = %d core%s) for cgroup %s", (processors * 100), processors, (processors>1)?"s":"", cg->chart_title);
-                st = rrdset_create(type, "cpu", NULL, "cpu", "cgroup.cpu", title, "%", 40000, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
+            if(cg->io_service_bytes.updated && cg->io_service_bytes.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_io++;
+            if(cg->io_serviced.updated && cg->io_serviced.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_io_ops++;
+            if(cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.updated && cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_throttle_io++;
+            if(cg->throttle_io_serviced.updated && cg->throttle_io_serviced.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_throttle_ops++;
+            if(cg->io_queued.updated && cg->io_queued.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_queued_ops++;
+            if(cg->io_merged.updated && cg->io_merged.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES) services_do_merged_ops++;
+            continue;
+        }
 
-                rrddim_add(st, "user", NULL, 100, hz, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                rrddim_add(st, "system", NULL, 100, hz, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+        type[0] = '\0';
+
+        if(likely(cg->cpuacct_stat.updated && cg->cpuacct_stat.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_cpu)) {
+                snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "CPU Usage (%d%% = %d core%s) for cgroup %s", (processors * 100), processors, (processors > 1) ? "s" : "", cg->chart_title);
+
+                cg->st_cpu = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "cpu"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "cpu"
+                        , "cgroup.cpu"
+                        , title
+                        , "%"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_cpu, "user", NULL, 100, hz, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_cpu, "system", NULL, 100, hz, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
             }
-            else rrdset_next(st);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_cpu);
 
-            rrddim_set(st, "user", cg->cpuacct_stat.user);
-            rrddim_set(st, "system", cg->cpuacct_stat.system);
-            rrdset_done(st);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_cpu, "user", cg->cpuacct_stat.user);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_cpu, "system", cg->cpuacct_stat.system);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_cpu);
         }
 
-        if(cg->cpuacct_usage.updated) {
+        if(likely(cg->cpuacct_usage.updated && cg->cpuacct_usage.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
             char id[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
             unsigned int i;
 
-            st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "cpu_per_core");
-            if(!st) {
-                snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "CPU Usage (%d%% = %d core%s) Per Core for cgroup %s", (processors * 100), processors, (processors>1)?"s":"", cg->chart_title);
-                st = rrdset_create(type, "cpu_per_core", NULL, "cpu", "cgroup.cpu_per_core", title, "%", 40100, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
-
-                for(i = 0; i < cg->cpuacct_usage.cpus ;i++) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_cpu_per_core)) {
+                snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "CPU Usage (%d%% = %d core%s) Per Core for cgroup %s", (processors * 100), processors, (processors > 1) ? "s" : "", cg->chart_title);
+
+                cg->st_cpu_per_core = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "cpu_per_core"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "cpu"
+                        , "cgroup.cpu_per_core"
+                        , title
+                        , "%"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 100
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+                );
+
+                for(i = 0; i < cg->cpuacct_usage.cpus; i++) {
                     snprintfz(id, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "cpu%u", i);
-                    rrddim_add(st, id, NULL, 100, 1000000000, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+                    rrddim_add(cg->st_cpu_per_core, id, NULL, 100, 1000000000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
                 }
             }
-            else rrdset_next(st);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_cpu_per_core);
 
             for(i = 0; i < cg->cpuacct_usage.cpus ;i++) {
                 snprintfz(id, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "cpu%u", i);
-                rrddim_set(st, id, cg->cpuacct_usage.cpu_percpu[i]);
+                rrddim_set(cg->st_cpu_per_core, id, cg->cpuacct_usage.cpu_percpu[i]);
             }
-            rrdset_done(st);
-        }
-
-        if(cg->memory.updated) {
-            if(cg->memory.cache + cg->memory.rss + cg->memory.rss_huge + cg->memory.mapped_file > 0) {
-                st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "mem");
-                if(!st) {
-                    snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Memory Usage for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                    st = rrdset_create(type, "mem", NULL, "mem", "cgroup.mem", title, "MB", 40200, update_every,
-                                       RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
-
-                    rrddim_add(st, "cache", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
-                    rrddim_add(st, "rss", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
-                    if(cg->memory.has_dirty_swap)
-                        rrddim_add(st, "swap", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
-                    rrddim_add(st, "rss_huge", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
-                    rrddim_add(st, "mapped_file", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
-                }
-                else rrdset_next(st);
-
-                rrddim_set(st, "cache", cg->memory.cache);
-                rrddim_set(st, "rss", cg->memory.rss);
-                if(cg->memory.has_dirty_swap)
-                    rrddim_set(st, "swap", cg->memory.swap);
-                rrddim_set(st, "rss_huge", cg->memory.rss_huge);
-                rrddim_set(st, "mapped_file", cg->memory.mapped_file);
-                rrdset_done(st);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_cpu_per_core);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(cg->memory.updated_detailed && cg->memory.enabled_detailed == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_mem)) {
+                snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Memory Usage for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
+
+                cg->st_mem = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "mem"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "mem"
+                        , "cgroup.mem"
+                        , title
+                        , "MB"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 210
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_mem, "cache", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_mem, "rss", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+                if(cg->memory.detailed_has_swap)
+                    rrddim_add(cg->st_mem, "swap", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_mem, "rss_huge", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_mem, "mapped_file", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
             }
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_mem);
+
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_mem, "cache", cg->memory.cache);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_mem, "rss", cg->memory.rss);
+
+            if(cg->memory.detailed_has_swap)
+                rrddim_set(cg->st_mem, "swap", cg->memory.swap);
+
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_mem, "rss_huge", cg->memory.rss_huge);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_mem, "mapped_file", cg->memory.mapped_file);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_mem);
 
-            st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "writeback");
-            if(!st) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_writeback)) {
                 snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Writeback Memory for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                st = rrdset_create(type, "writeback", NULL, "mem", "cgroup.writeback", title, "MB", 40300,
-                                   update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
 
-                if(cg->memory.has_dirty_swap)
-                    rrddim_add(st, "dirty", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
-                rrddim_add(st, "writeback", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
+                cg->st_writeback = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "writeback"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "mem"
+                        , "cgroup.writeback"
+                        , title
+                        , "MB"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 300
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_AREA
+                );
+
+                if(cg->memory.detailed_has_dirty)
+                    rrddim_add(cg->st_writeback, "dirty", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_writeback, "writeback", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
             }
-            else rrdset_next(st);
-
-            if(cg->memory.has_dirty_swap)
-                rrddim_set(st, "dirty", cg->memory.dirty);
-            rrddim_set(st, "writeback", cg->memory.writeback);
-            rrdset_done(st);
-
-            if(cg->memory.pgpgin + cg->memory.pgpgout > 0) {
-                st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "mem_activity");
-                if(!st) {
-                    snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Memory Activity for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                    st = rrdset_create(type, "mem_activity", NULL, "mem", "cgroup.mem_activity", title, "MB/s",
-                                       40400, update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
-
-                    rrddim_add(st, "pgpgin", "in", sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                    rrddim_add(st, "pgpgout", "out", -sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                }
-                else rrdset_next(st);
-
-                rrddim_set(st, "pgpgin", cg->memory.pgpgin);
-                rrddim_set(st, "pgpgout", cg->memory.pgpgout);
-                rrdset_done(st);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_writeback);
+
+            if(cg->memory.detailed_has_dirty)
+                rrddim_set(cg->st_writeback, "dirty", cg->memory.dirty);
+
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_writeback, "writeback", cg->memory.writeback);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_writeback);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_mem_activity)) {
+                snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Memory Activity for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
+
+                cg->st_mem_activity = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "mem_activity"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "mem"
+                        , "cgroup.mem_activity"
+                        , title
+                        , "MB/s"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 400
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_LINE
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_mem_activity, "pgpgin", "in", system_page_size, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_mem_activity, "pgpgout", "out", -system_page_size, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
             }
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_mem_activity);
+
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_mem_activity, "pgpgin", cg->memory.pgpgin);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_mem_activity, "pgpgout", cg->memory.pgpgout);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_mem_activity);
+
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_pgfaults)) {
+                snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Memory Page Faults for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
+
+                cg->st_pgfaults = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "pgfaults"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "mem"
+                        , "cgroup.pgfaults"
+                        , title
+                        , "MB/s"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 500
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_LINE
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_pgfaults, "pgfault", NULL, system_page_size, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_pgfaults, "pgmajfault", "swap", -system_page_size, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+            }
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_pgfaults);
 
-            if(cg->memory.pgfault + cg->memory.pgmajfault > 0) {
-                st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "pgfaults");
-                if(!st) {
-                    snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Memory Page Faults for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                    st = rrdset_create(type, "pgfaults", NULL, "mem", "cgroup.pgfaults", title, "MB/s", 40500,
-                                       update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_pgfaults, "pgfault", cg->memory.pgfault);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_pgfaults, "pgmajfault", cg->memory.pgmajfault);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_pgfaults);
+        }
 
-                    rrddim_add(st, "pgfault", NULL, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                    rrddim_add(st, "pgmajfault", "swap", -sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), 1024 * 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                }
-                else rrdset_next(st);
+        if(likely(cg->memory.updated_usage_in_bytes && cg->memory.enabled_usage_in_bytes == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_mem_usage)) {
+                snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Used Memory %sfor cgroup %s", (cgroup_used_memory_without_cache && cg->memory.updated_detailed)?"without Cache ":"", cg->chart_title);
+
+                cg->st_mem_usage = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "mem_usage"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "mem"
+                        , "cgroup.mem_usage"
+                        , title
+                        , "MB"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 200
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_mem_usage, "ram", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_mem_usage, "swap", NULL, 1, 1024 * 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+            }
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_mem_usage);
 
-                rrddim_set(st, "pgfault", cg->memory.pgfault);
-                rrddim_set(st, "pgmajfault", cg->memory.pgmajfault);
-                rrdset_done(st);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_mem_usage, "ram", cg->memory.usage_in_bytes - ((cgroup_used_memory_without_cache)?cg->memory.cache:0));
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_mem_usage, "swap", (cg->memory.msw_usage_in_bytes > cg->memory.usage_in_bytes)?cg->memory.msw_usage_in_bytes - cg->memory.usage_in_bytes:0);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_mem_usage);
+        }
+
+        if(likely(cg->memory.updated_failcnt && cg->memory.enabled_failcnt == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_mem_failcnt)) {
+                snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Memory Limit Failures for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
+
+                cg->st_mem_failcnt = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "mem_failcnt"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "mem"
+                        , "cgroup.mem_failcnt"
+                        , title
+                        , "count"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 250
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_LINE
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_mem_failcnt, "failures", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
             }
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_mem_failcnt);
+
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_mem_failcnt, "failures", cg->memory.failcnt);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_mem_failcnt);
         }
 
-        if(cg->io_service_bytes.updated && cg->io_service_bytes.Read + cg->io_service_bytes.Write > 0) {
-            st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "io");
-            if(!st) {
+        if(likely(cg->io_service_bytes.updated && cg->io_service_bytes.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_io)) {
                 snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "I/O Bandwidth (all disks) for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                st = rrdset_create(type, "io", NULL, "disk", "cgroup.io", title, "KB/s", 41200,
-                                   update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
-                rrddim_add(st, "read", NULL, 1, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                rrddim_add(st, "write", NULL, -1, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+                cg->st_io = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "io"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "disk"
+                        , "cgroup.io"
+                        , title
+                        , "KB/s"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 1200
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_AREA
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_io, "read", NULL, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_io, "write", NULL, -1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
             }
-            else rrdset_next(st);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_io);
 
-            rrddim_set(st, "read", cg->io_service_bytes.Read);
-            rrddim_set(st, "write", cg->io_service_bytes.Write);
-            rrdset_done(st);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_io, "read", cg->io_service_bytes.Read);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_io, "write", cg->io_service_bytes.Write);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_io);
         }
 
-        if(cg->io_serviced.updated && cg->io_serviced.Read + cg->io_serviced.Write > 0) {
-            st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "serviced_ops");
-            if(!st) {
+        if(likely(cg->io_serviced.updated && cg->io_serviced.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_serviced_ops)) {
                 snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Serviced I/O Operations (all disks) for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                st = rrdset_create(type, "serviced_ops", NULL, "disk", "cgroup.serviced_ops", title, "operations/s", 41200,
-                                   update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
-                rrddim_add(st, "read", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                rrddim_add(st, "write", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+                cg->st_serviced_ops = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "serviced_ops"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "disk"
+                        , "cgroup.serviced_ops"
+                        , title
+                        , "operations/s"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 1200
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_LINE
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_serviced_ops, "read", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_serviced_ops, "write", NULL, -1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
             }
-            else rrdset_next(st);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_serviced_ops);
 
-            rrddim_set(st, "read", cg->io_serviced.Read);
-            rrddim_set(st, "write", cg->io_serviced.Write);
-            rrdset_done(st);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_serviced_ops, "read", cg->io_serviced.Read);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_serviced_ops, "write", cg->io_serviced.Write);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_serviced_ops);
         }
 
-        if(cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.updated && cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.Read + cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.Write > 0) {
-            st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "io");
-            if(!st) {
+        if(likely(cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.updated && cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_throttle_io)) {
                 snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Throttle I/O Bandwidth (all disks) for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                st = rrdset_create(type, "io", NULL, "disk", "cgroup.io", title, "KB/s", 41200,
-                                   update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
-                rrddim_add(st, "read", NULL, 1, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                rrddim_add(st, "write", NULL, -1, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+                cg->st_throttle_io = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "throttle_io"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "disk"
+                        , "cgroup.throttle_io"
+                        , title
+                        , "KB/s"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 1200
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_AREA
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_throttle_io, "read", NULL, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_throttle_io, "write", NULL, -1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
             }
-            else rrdset_next(st);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_throttle_io);
 
-            rrddim_set(st, "read", cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.Read);
-            rrddim_set(st, "write", cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.Write);
-            rrdset_done(st);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_throttle_io, "read", cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.Read);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_throttle_io, "write", cg->throttle_io_service_bytes.Write);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_throttle_io);
         }
 
-
-        if(cg->throttle_io_serviced.updated && cg->throttle_io_serviced.Read + cg->throttle_io_serviced.Write > 0) {
-            st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "throttle_serviced_ops");
-            if(!st) {
+        if(likely(cg->throttle_io_serviced.updated && cg->throttle_io_serviced.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops)) {
                 snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Throttle Serviced I/O Operations (all disks) for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                st = rrdset_create(type, "throttle_serviced_ops", NULL, "disk", "cgroup.throttle_serviced_ops", title, "operations/s", 41200,
-                                   update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
-                rrddim_add(st, "read", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                rrddim_add(st, "write", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+                cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "throttle_serviced_ops"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "disk"
+                        , "cgroup.throttle_serviced_ops"
+                        , title
+                        , "operations/s"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 1200
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_LINE
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops, "read", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops, "write", NULL, -1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
             }
-            else rrdset_next(st);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops);
 
-            rrddim_set(st, "read", cg->throttle_io_serviced.Read);
-            rrddim_set(st, "write", cg->throttle_io_serviced.Write);
-            rrdset_done(st);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops, "read", cg->throttle_io_serviced.Read);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops, "write", cg->throttle_io_serviced.Write);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_throttle_serviced_ops);
         }
 
-        if(cg->io_queued.updated) {
-            st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "queued_ops");
-            if(!st) {
+        if(likely(cg->io_queued.updated && cg->io_queued.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_queued_ops)) {
                 snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Queued I/O Operations (all disks) for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                st = rrdset_create(type, "queued_ops", NULL, "disk", "cgroup.queued_ops", title, "operations", 42000,
-                                   update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
-                rrddim_add(st, "read", NULL, 1, 1, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
-                rrddim_add(st, "write", NULL, -1, 1, RRDDIM_ABSOLUTE);
+                cg->st_queued_ops = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "queued_ops"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "disk"
+                        , "cgroup.queued_ops"
+                        , title
+                        , "operations"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 2000
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_LINE
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_queued_ops, "read", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_queued_ops, "write", NULL, -1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
             }
-            else rrdset_next(st);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_queued_ops);
 
-            rrddim_set(st, "read", cg->io_queued.Read);
-            rrddim_set(st, "write", cg->io_queued.Write);
-            rrdset_done(st);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_queued_ops, "read", cg->io_queued.Read);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_queued_ops, "write", cg->io_queued.Write);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_queued_ops);
         }
 
-        if(cg->io_merged.updated && cg->io_merged.Read + cg->io_merged.Write > 0) {
-            st = rrdset_find_bytype(type, "merged_ops");
-            if(!st) {
+        if(likely(cg->io_merged.updated && cg->io_merged.enabled == CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES)) {
+            if(unlikely(!cg->st_merged_ops)) {
                 snprintfz(title, CHART_TITLE_MAX, "Merged I/O Operations (all disks) for cgroup %s", cg->chart_title);
-                st = rrdset_create(type, "merged_ops", NULL, "disk", "cgroup.merged_ops", title, "operations/s", 42100,
-                                   update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
-                rrddim_add(st, "read", NULL, 1, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                rrddim_add(st, "write", NULL, -1, 1024, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+                cg->st_merged_ops = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        cgroup_chart_type(type, cg->chart_id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX)
+                        , "merged_ops"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "disk"
+                        , "cgroup.merged_ops"
+                        , title
+                        , "operations/s"
+                        , CHART_PRIORITY_CONTAINERS + 2100
+                        , update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_LINE
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_merged_ops, "read", NULL, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                rrddim_add(cg->st_merged_ops, "write", NULL, -1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
             }
-            else rrdset_next(st);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(cg->st_merged_ops);
 
-            rrddim_set(st, "read", cg->io_merged.Read);
-            rrddim_set(st, "write", cg->io_merged.Write);
-            rrdset_done(st);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_merged_ops, "read", cg->io_merged.Read);
+            rrddim_set(cg->st_merged_ops, "write", cg->io_merged.Write);
+            rrdset_done(cg->st_merged_ops);
         }
     }
 
+    if(likely(cgroup_enable_systemd_services))
+        update_systemd_services_charts(update_every, services_do_cpu, services_do_mem_usage, services_do_mem_detailed
+                                       , services_do_mem_failcnt, services_do_swap_usage, services_do_io
+                                       , services_do_io_ops, services_do_throttle_io, services_do_throttle_ops
+                                       , services_do_queued_ops, services_do_merged_ops
+        );
+
     debug(D_CGROUP, "done updating cgroups charts");
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // cgroups main
 
-int do_sys_fs_cgroup(int update_every, unsigned long long dt) {
-    (void)dt;
-
-    static int cgroup_global_config_read = 0;
-    static time_t last_run = 0;
-    time_t now = time(NULL);
-
-    if(unlikely(!cgroup_global_config_read)) {
-        read_cgroup_plugin_configuration();
-        cgroup_global_config_read = 1;
-    }
-
-    if(unlikely(cgroup_enable_new_cgroups_detected_at_runtime && now - last_run > cgroup_check_for_new_every)) {
-        find_all_cgroups();
-        last_run = now;
-    }
-
-    read_all_cgroups(cgroup_root);
-    update_cgroup_charts(update_every);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-void *cgroups_main(void *ptr)
-{
-    (void)ptr;
+void *cgroups_main(void *ptr) {
+    struct netdata_static_thread *static_thread = (struct netdata_static_thread *)ptr;
 
     info("CGROUP Plugin thread created with task id %d", gettid());
 
@@ -1339,56 +2499,58 @@ void *cgroups_main(void *ptr)
     struct rusage thread;
 
     // when ZERO, attempt to do it
-    int vdo_sys_fs_cgroup           = 0;
-    int vdo_cpu_netdata             = !config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", "cgroups plugin resources", 1);
+    int vdo_cpu_netdata = config_get_boolean("plugin:cgroups", "cgroups plugin resource charts", 1);
 
-    // keep track of the time each module was called
-    unsigned long long sutime_sys_fs_cgroup = 0ULL;
-
-    // the next time we will run - aligned properly
-    unsigned long long sunext = (time(NULL) - (time(NULL) % rrd_update_every) + rrd_update_every) * 1000000ULL;
-    unsigned long long sunow;
+    read_cgroup_plugin_configuration();
 
     RRDSET *stcpu_thread = NULL;
 
+    heartbeat_t hb;
+    heartbeat_init(&hb);
+    usec_t step = cgroup_update_every * USEC_PER_SEC;
+    usec_t find_every = cgroup_check_for_new_every * USEC_PER_SEC, find_dt = 0;
     for(;;) {
-        if(unlikely(netdata_exit)) break;
-
-        // delay until it is our time to run
-        while((sunow = time_usec()) < sunext)
-            sleep_usec(sunext - sunow);
-
-        // find the next time we need to run
-        while(time_usec() > sunext)
-            sunext += rrd_update_every * 1000000ULL;
-
+        usec_t hb_dt = heartbeat_next(&hb, step);
         if(unlikely(netdata_exit)) break;
 
         // BEGIN -- the job to be done
 
-        if(!vdo_sys_fs_cgroup) {
-            debug(D_PROCNETDEV_LOOP, "PROCNETDEV: calling do_sys_fs_cgroup().");
-            sunow = time_usec();
-            vdo_sys_fs_cgroup = do_sys_fs_cgroup(rrd_update_every, (sutime_sys_fs_cgroup > 0)?sunow - sutime_sys_fs_cgroup:0ULL);
-            sutime_sys_fs_cgroup = sunow;
+        find_dt += hb_dt;
+        if(unlikely(find_dt >= find_every)) {
+            find_all_cgroups();
+            find_dt = 0;
         }
-        if(unlikely(netdata_exit)) break;
+
+        read_all_cgroups(cgroup_root);
+        update_cgroup_charts(cgroup_update_every);
 
         // END -- the job is done
 
         // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-        if(!vdo_cpu_netdata) {
+        if(vdo_cpu_netdata) {
             getrusage(RUSAGE_THREAD, &thread);
 
-            if(!stcpu_thread) stcpu_thread = rrdset_find("netdata.plugin_cgroups_cpu");
-            if(!stcpu_thread) {
-                stcpu_thread = rrdset_create("netdata", "plugin_cgroups_cpu", NULL, "proc.internal", NULL, "NetData CGroups Plugin CPU usage", "milliseconds/s", 132000, rrd_update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
-
-                rrddim_add(stcpu_thread, "user",  NULL,  1, 1000, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
-                rrddim_add(stcpu_thread, "system", NULL, 1, 1000, RRDDIM_INCREMENTAL);
+            if(unlikely(!stcpu_thread)) {
+
+                stcpu_thread = rrdset_create_localhost(
+                        "netdata"
+                        , "plugin_cgroups_cpu"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "cgroups"
+                        , NULL
+                        , "NetData CGroups Plugin CPU usage"
+                        , "milliseconds/s"
+                        , 132000
+                        , cgroup_update_every
+                        , RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED
+                );
+
+                rrddim_add(stcpu_thread, "user",  NULL,  1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+                rrddim_add(stcpu_thread, "system", NULL, 1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
             }
-            else rrdset_next(stcpu_thread);
+            else
+                rrdset_next(stcpu_thread);
 
             rrddim_set(stcpu_thread, "user"  , thread.ru_utime.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + thread.ru_utime.tv_usec);
             rrddim_set(stcpu_thread, "system", thread.ru_stime.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + thread.ru_stime.tv_usec);
@@ -1398,6 +2560,7 @@ void *cgroups_main(void *ptr)
 
     info("CGROUP thread exiting");
 
+    static_thread->enabled = 0;
     pthread_exit(NULL);
     return NULL;
 }