Change:
The [Container runtimes](/docs/setup/production-environment/container-runtimes) page explains that the `systemd` driver is recommended for kubeadm based setups instead <del> of the `cgroupfs` driver, because kubeadm manages the kubelet as a systemd service. </del> <ins> of the kubelet's [default](/docs/reference/config-api/kubelet-config.v1beta1) `cgroupfs` driver, because kubeadm manages the kubelet as a [systemd service](/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/kubelet-integration). </ins> The page also provides details on how to set up a number of different container runtimes with the `systemd` driver by default.

Discussion:
says the default value for is . says: The latter does not say, that prior to 1.23 (thus 1.22, 1.21, 1.20) the default was and was later changed to . It says, that in the nearly end-of-life 1.22 the default is . Later contains: In the above text, it is nowhere stated, that there is a plan to switch the default value of KubeletConfiguration.cgroupDriver from cgroupfs to systemd. The last citation suggests, that will perform implicit switch from to . This is strengthened by the fact about 1.22, where the implicit (default) value seems to be . All in all, the above information stipulates, that in 1.22 the default value was , not it is and in the future will use as implicit (default) value again . In the lack of discussion in the documentation why the defauls change back and forth, this does not make sense,
the kubelet default is cgroupfs and it's not clear if the kubelet graduates cgroupv2 support to GA the value will change. afaik, cgroupfs does not support v2. in any case this can be a disruptive change. kubeadm changed its default to systemd because the kubelet in kubeadm setups is managed by systemd. the reason is explained here long term, the cgroup driver detail should not be exposed to users, but that is blocked on some cri work. /kind support
Ah, so the default cgroup driver for kubelet is cgroupfs, while for kubeadm the default is systemd. This shall be spelled explicitly, as it is counter-intuitive. My understanding so far is, that the systemd-driver supports kernel’s cgroup v2, while kubernetes’ cgroup-driver does not support kernel’s cgroup v2. This shall also be spelled explicitly, as it is confusing.
It sounds like the thing to call out is that, in the kubeadm docs, we should explicitly say that the setting that kubeadm applies by default is an override to the built-in kubelet default. Does that sound right?
Yes. Ideally kubeadm and kubelet shall explicitly state, that their default is distinct from the default of the other tool.

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