Re: [PATCH 2/2] pipe.7: Reference potential lower default in pipe capacity section
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: 2024-08-29 17:30:40
Hi Kienan, On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 11:43:04AM GMT, Kienan Stewart wrote:
The pipe capacity section makes no indication that the default capacity of pipes may not be `16 * PAGE_SIZE` for users exceeding the `pipe_user_pages_soft` limit. Signed-off-by: Kienan Stewart <redacted> ---
Thanks for the patch! I've applied it, with small tweaks to the commit message. <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?h=contrib&id=663202e816e27dbfb5fddfeb2b93a86919f69027> Have a lovely day! Alex
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
man/man7/pipe.7 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)diff --git a/man/man7/pipe.7 b/man/man7/pipe.7 index c7f3fbb9e..3d853d27c 100644 --- a/man/man7/pipe.7 +++ b/man/man7/pipe.7@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ operations. See .BR fcntl (2) for more information. +Since Linux 4.5, the default pipe capacity is lower than 16 pages when the +.I pipe\-user\-pages\-soft +limit is exceeded. .P The following .BR ioctl (2)-- 2.45.2
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