From: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] docs: add missing IPC documentation in sysctl/kernel.rst
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:46:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200213174701.3200366-5-steve@sk2.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200213174701.3200366-1-steve@sk2.org>
This adds short descriptions of msgmax, msgmnb, msgmni, and shmmni,
which were previously listed in kernel.rst but not described.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 9221366901af..29a712e24610 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -413,6 +413,15 @@ to false. Generally used with the `kexec_load_disabled`_ toggle.
msgmax, msgmnb, and msgmni
==========================
+``msgmax`` is the maximum size of an IPC message, in bytes. 8192 by
+default (``MSGMAX``).
+
+``msgmnb`` is the maximum size of an IPC queue, in bytes. 16384 by
+default (``MSGMNB``).
+
+``msgmni`` is the maximum number of IPC queues. 32000 by default
+(``MSGMNI``).
+
msg_next_id, sem_next_id, and shm_next_id (System V IPC)
========================================================
@@ -961,6 +970,9 @@ kernel. This value defaults to ``SHMMAX``.
shmmni
======
+This value determines the maximum number of shared memory segments.
+4096 by default (``SHMMNI``).
+
shm_rmid_forced
===============
--
2.24.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-13 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-13 17:46 [PATCH 0/6] docs: sysctl/kernel.rst rework Stephen Kitt
2020-02-13 17:46 ` [PATCH 1/6] docs: pretty up sysctl/kernel.rst Stephen Kitt
2020-02-13 18:52 ` Jonathan Corbet
2020-02-13 19:21 ` Stephen Kitt
2020-02-13 17:46 ` [PATCH 2/6] docs: merge debugging-modules.txt into sysctl/kernel.rst Stephen Kitt
2020-02-13 18:55 ` Jonathan Corbet
2020-02-13 17:46 ` [PATCH 3/6] docs: drop l2cr from sysctl/kernel.rst Stephen Kitt
2020-02-13 17:46 ` Stephen Kitt [this message]
2020-02-13 17:47 ` [PATCH 5/6] docs: document stop-a in sysctl/kernel.rst Stephen Kitt
2020-02-13 17:47 ` [PATCH 6/6] docs: document panic fully " Stephen Kitt
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