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From:   Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
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        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH 4/6] docs: add missing IPC documentation in sysctl/kernel.rst
Date:   Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:46:59 +0100
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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