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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2015-09-11 13:30:05 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2015-09-11 13:30:05 +0200
commit2e2b236434f0a0601876730b07214f066097511d (patch)
tree8c5f4320492bd888a0bde5a8b8cc967d4385eed1
parent004b062d87767b0232c93147b2fbd4c2d4d0b4f7 (diff)
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proc.5: wfix + ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man5/proc.58
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 950aa5e139..2e0c5cabcd 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -4279,13 +4279,17 @@ The maximum value that can be written is given by the
constant
.B FUTEX_TID_MASK
(0x3fffffff).
-If a value outside of this range is written to threads-max an error
+If a value outside of this range is written to
+.IR threads-max ,
+the error
.B EINVAL
occurs.
The value written is checked against the available RAM pages.
If the thread structures would occupy too much (more than 1/8th)
-of the available RAM pages, threads-max is reduced accordingly.
+of the available RAM pages,
+.I threads-max
+is reduced accordingly.
.TP
.IR /proc/sys/kernel/zero-paged " (PowerPC only) "
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