From c66cb171bc308c64083f3bb173152db68e06e79f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:26:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst max_user_watches for epoll should say 1/25, rather than 1/32 Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210120132648.19046-1-ericcurtin17@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> --- 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 f48277a0a8502..2a501c9ddc556 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. -- GitLab