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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ | |||
1 | Documentation for /proc/sys/fs/* kernel version 2.2.10 | 1 | Documentation 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 | ||
4 | For general info and legal blurb, please look in README. | 5 | For 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 | |||
14 | system, it is advisable to read both documentation and source | 15 | system, it is advisable to read both documentation and source |
15 | before actually making adjustments. | 16 | before actually making adjustments. |
16 | 17 | ||
18 | 1. /proc/sys/fs | ||
19 | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ||
20 | |||
17 | Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs: | 21 | Currently, 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 | ||
33 | Documentation for the files in /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc is | 39 | ============================================================== |
34 | in Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt. | 40 | |
41 | aio-nr & aio-max-nr: | ||
42 | |||
43 | aio-nr is the running total of the number of events specified on the | ||
44 | io_setup system call for all currently active aio contexts. If aio-nr | ||
45 | reaches aio-max-nr then io_setup will fail with EAGAIN. Note that | ||
46 | raising aio-max-nr does not result in the pre-allocation or re-sizing | ||
47 | of 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 | |||
178 | aio-nr can grow to. | 191 | aio-nr can grow to. |
179 | 192 | ||
180 | ============================================================== | 193 | ============================================================== |
194 | |||
195 | |||
196 | 2. /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc | ||
197 | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ||
198 | |||
199 | Documentation for the files in /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc is | ||
200 | in Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt. | ||
201 | |||
202 | |||
203 | 3. /proc/sys/fs/mqueue - POSIX message queues filesystem | ||
204 | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ||
205 | |||
206 | The "mqueue" filesystem provides the necessary kernel features to enable the | ||
207 | creation of a user space library that implements the POSIX message queues | ||
208 | API (as noted by the MSG tag in the POSIX 1003.1-2001 version of the System | ||
209 | Interfaces specification.) | ||
210 | |||
211 | The "mqueue" filesystem contains values for determining/setting the amount of | ||
212 | resources used by the file system. | ||
213 | |||
214 | /proc/sys/fs/mqueue/queues_max is a read/write file for setting/getting the | ||
215 | maximum 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 | ||
218 | maximum number of messages in a queue value. In fact it is the limiting value | ||
219 | for another (user) limit which is set in mq_open invocation. This attribute of | ||
220 | a 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 | ||
223 | maximum message size value (it is every message queue's attribute set during | ||
224 | its creation). | ||
225 | |||
226 | |||
227 | 4. /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface | ||
228 | -------------------------------------------------------- | ||
229 | |||
230 | This directory contains configuration options for the epoll(7) interface. | ||
231 | |||
232 | max_user_instances | ||
233 | ------------------ | ||
234 | |||
235 | This is the maximum number of epoll file descriptors that a single user can | ||
236 | have open at a given time. The default value is 128, and should be enough | ||
237 | for normal users. | ||
238 | |||
239 | max_user_watches | ||
240 | ---------------- | ||
241 | |||
242 | Every epoll file descriptor can store a number of files to be monitored | ||
243 | for event readiness. Each one of these monitored files constitutes a "watch". | ||
244 | This configuration option sets the maximum number of "watches" that are | ||
245 | allowed for each user. | ||
246 | Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes | ||
247 | on a 64bit one. | ||
248 | The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/32 of the available | ||
249 | low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes. | ||
250 | |||