github.com/containers/podman/v5@v5.1.0-rc1/docs/source/markdown/options/memory-reservation.md (about)

     1  ####> This option file is used in:
     2  ####>   podman container clone, create, run, update
     3  ####> If file is edited, make sure the changes
     4  ####> are applicable to all of those.
     5  #### **--memory-reservation**=*number[unit]*
     6  
     7  Memory soft limit. A _unit_ can be **b** (bytes), **k** (kibibytes), **m** (mebibytes), or **g** (gibibytes).
     8  
     9  After setting memory reservation, when the system detects memory contention
    10  or low memory, containers are forced to restrict their consumption to their
    11  reservation. So always set the value below **--memory**, otherwise the
    12  hard limit takes precedence. By default, memory reservation is the same
    13  as memory limit.
    14  
    15  This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.