Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1768771Ab2KOTOY (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:14:24 -0500 Received: from smtp4.mundo-r.com ([212.51.32.151]:60634 "EHLO smtp4.mundo-r.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1768752Ab2KOTOX (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:14:23 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvwEALY9pVBbdWOb/2dsb2JhbABEwkGBCIMegT4BEogRvRuMRoYXA5V8hWuKWIJwgVsf From: Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez To: Rob Landley , Andrew Morton , Larry Finger , Neil Horman , Mitsuo Hayasaka , Tejun Heo Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: add shmall documentation in sysctl/kernel.txt Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:14:20 +0100 Message-Id: <1353006860-25704-1-git-send-email-clopez@igalia.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.10.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1218 Lines: 39 Add missing documentation for shmall parameter in sysctl/kernel.txt Signed-off-by: Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 2907ba6..278b1fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -542,6 +542,19 @@ are doing anyway :) ============================================================== +shmall: + +This parameter sets the total amount of shared memory pages that +can be used system wide. Hence, SHMALL should always be at least +ceil(shmmax/PAGE_SIZE). + +If you are not sure what the default PAGE_SIZE is on your Linux +system, you can run the following command: + +# getconf PAGE_SIZE + +============================================================== + shmmax: This value can be used to query and set the run time limit -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/