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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 13 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 51b953a1b14..ccd42589e12 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -561,6 +561,19 @@ 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 |