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1Documentation for /proc/sys/fs/* kernel version 2.2.10 1Documentation for /proc/sys/fs/* kernel version 2.2.10
2 (c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org> 2 (c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org>
3 (c) 2009, Shen Feng<shen@cn.fujitsu.com>
3 4
4For general info and legal blurb, please look in README. 5For general info and legal blurb, please look in README.
5 6
@@ -14,7 +15,12 @@ kernel. Since some of the files _can_ be used to screw up your
14system, it is advisable to read both documentation and source 15system, it is advisable to read both documentation and source
15before actually making adjustments. 16before actually making adjustments.
16 17
181. /proc/sys/fs
19----------------------------------------------------------
20
17Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs: 21Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
22- aio-max-nr
23- aio-nr
18- dentry-state 24- dentry-state
19- dquot-max 25- dquot-max
20- dquot-nr 26- dquot-nr
@@ -30,8 +36,15 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
30- super-max 36- super-max
31- super-nr 37- super-nr
32 38
33Documentation for the files in /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc is 39==============================================================
34in Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt. 40
41aio-nr & aio-max-nr:
42
43aio-nr is the running total of the number of events specified on the
44io_setup system call for all currently active aio contexts. If aio-nr
45reaches aio-max-nr then io_setup will fail with EAGAIN. Note that
46raising aio-max-nr does not result in the pre-allocation or re-sizing
47of any kernel data structures.
35 48
36============================================================== 49==============================================================
37 50
@@ -178,3 +191,60 @@ requests. aio-max-nr allows you to change the maximum value
178aio-nr can grow to. 191aio-nr can grow to.
179 192
180============================================================== 193==============================================================
194
195
1962. /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
197----------------------------------------------------------
198
199Documentation for the files in /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc is
200in Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt.
201
202
2033. /proc/sys/fs/mqueue - POSIX message queues filesystem
204----------------------------------------------------------
205
206The "mqueue" filesystem provides the necessary kernel features to enable the
207creation of a user space library that implements the POSIX message queues
208API (as noted by the MSG tag in the POSIX 1003.1-2001 version of the System
209Interfaces specification.)
210
211The "mqueue" filesystem contains values for determining/setting the amount of
212resources used by the file system.
213
214/proc/sys/fs/mqueue/queues_max is a read/write file for setting/getting the
215maximum number of message queues allowed on the system.
216
217/proc/sys/fs/mqueue/msg_max is a read/write file for setting/getting the
218maximum number of messages in a queue value. In fact it is the limiting value
219for another (user) limit which is set in mq_open invocation. This attribute of
220a queue must be less or equal then msg_max.
221
222/proc/sys/fs/mqueue/msgsize_max is a read/write file for setting/getting the
223maximum message size value (it is every message queue's attribute set during
224its creation).
225
226
2274. /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface
228--------------------------------------------------------
229
230This directory contains configuration options for the epoll(7) interface.
231
232max_user_instances
233------------------
234
235This is the maximum number of epoll file descriptors that a single user can
236have open at a given time. The default value is 128, and should be enough
237for normal users.
238
239max_user_watches
240----------------
241
242Every epoll file descriptor can store a number of files to be monitored
243for event readiness. Each one of these monitored files constitutes a "watch".
244This configuration option sets the maximum number of "watches" that are
245allowed for each user.
246Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes
247on a 64bit one.
248The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/32 of the available
249low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
250