* [PATCH] Update Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
@ 2021-01-20 13:26 Eric Curtin
2021-01-28 22:45 ` Jonathan Corbet
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From: Eric Curtin @ 2021-01-20 13:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ericcurtin17, Jonathan Corbet, Alexander A. Klimov,
open list:DOCUMENTATION, open list
max_user_watches for epoll should say 1/25, rather than 1/32
Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
index f48277a0a850..2a501c9ddc55 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
@@ -380,5 +380,5 @@ This configuration option sets the maximum number of "watches" that are
allowed for each user.
Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes
on a 64bit one.
-The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/32 of the available
-low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
+The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/25 (4%) of the
+available low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
--
2.25.1
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* Re: [PATCH] Update Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
2021-01-20 13:26 [PATCH] Update Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst Eric Curtin
@ 2021-01-28 22:45 ` Jonathan Corbet
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From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2021-01-28 22:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Curtin; +Cc: Alexander A. Klimov, open list:DOCUMENTATION, open list
On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:26:47 +0000
Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@gmail.com> wrote:
> max_user_watches for epoll should say 1/25, rather than 1/32
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
> index f48277a0a850..2a501c9ddc55 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
> @@ -380,5 +380,5 @@ This configuration option sets the maximum number of "watches" that are
> allowed for each user.
> Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes
> on a 64bit one.
> -The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/32 of the available
> -low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
> +The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/25 (4%) of the
> +available low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
That does appear to be the way of it...patch applied, thanks.
jon
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