From 41513756e06fad816f6b77710a544e99f3a8d1e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samiur Arif <samiura@splunk.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:54:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] adding upgrade section for memory_ballast

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 README.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89bc2b8123..c684f1f049 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ manually before the backward compatibility is dropped. For every configuration u
 [the default agent config](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/blob/main/cmd/otelcol/config/collector/agent_config.yaml)
 as a reference.
 
+### From 0.96.1 to 0.97.0
+- `memory_ballast` is no longer effective rather GOMEMLIMIT env var should be used in the config to set a customized memory limit. Or else a soft limit of 90% of the total memory will be set automatically. If `SPLUNK_MEMORY_TOTAL_MIB` is set, total memory is deduced from it or else default is used.
+
+More details: https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/4404.
+
 ### From 0.68.0 to 0.69.0
 
 - `gke` and `gce` resource detectors in `resourcedetection` processor are replaced with `gcp` resource detector.