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| author | Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> | 2022-09-30 12:29:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2022-10-20 00:42:09 +0200 |
| commit | c46ff5c5b8a8142a3fe7a5504969a62a07cdaab3 (patch) | |
| tree | ef3e83223bbaefdb169167bcb691c189f209a70f /Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl | |
| parent | docs: sysctl/fs: remove references to dquot-max/-nr (diff) | |
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docs: sysctl/fs: merge the aio sections
There are two sections documenting aio-nr and aio-max-nr, merge them.
I kept the second explanation of aio-nr, which seems clearer to me,
along with the effects of the values from the first section.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220930102937.135841-4-steve@sk2.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 18 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst index 0935acd220dc..a61c6aec5e5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst @@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs: aio-nr & aio-max-nr ------------------- -aio-nr is the running total of the number of events specified on the -io_setup system call for all currently active aio contexts. If aio-nr -reaches aio-max-nr then io_setup will fail with EAGAIN. Note that -raising aio-max-nr does not result in the pre-allocation or re-sizing -of any kernel data structures. +aio-nr shows the current system-wide number of asynchronous io +requests. aio-max-nr allows you to change the maximum value +aio-nr can grow to. If aio-nr reaches aio-nr-max then io_setup will +fail with EAGAIN. Note that raising aio-max-nr does not result in the +pre-allocation or re-sizing of any kernel data structures. dentry-state @@ -287,14 +287,6 @@ mount more filesystems than the current value in super-max allows you to. -aio-nr & aio-max-nr -------------------- - -aio-nr shows the current system-wide number of asynchronous io -requests. aio-max-nr allows you to change the maximum value -aio-nr can grow to. - - mount-max --------- |