git: 54a8d1fbbf65 - main - getrlimit(2): document RLIMIT_PIPEBUF
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 06:46:48 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kib: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=54a8d1fbbf65e976132809718525ba051a5525cf commit 54a8d1fbbf65e976132809718525ba051a5525cf Author: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2024-09-10 04:11:55 +0000 Commit: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-09-20 06:46:06 +0000 getrlimit(2): document RLIMIT_PIPEBUF Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation MFC after: 1 week Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D46619 --- lib/libsys/getrlimit.2 | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/libsys/getrlimit.2 b/lib/libsys/getrlimit.2 index d9b8b7cb896c..d54dc703ada0 100644 --- a/lib/libsys/getrlimit.2 +++ b/lib/libsys/getrlimit.2 @@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ The maximum number of open files for this process. The maximum number of simultaneous processes for this user id. .It Dv RLIMIT_NPTS The maximum number of pseudo-terminals this user id is allowed to create. +.It Dv RLIMIT_PIPEBUF +The maximum total size of in-kernel buffers for bi-directional pipes/fifos +that this user id is allowed to consume. +The buffers for kernel FIFOs created on the first open of a filesystem +object created by +.Pq Xr mkfifo 2 +are also charged to the user ID of the process opening it, +not the FIFO's filesystem owner. +Despite somewhat unexpected, this is in fact fair, since user of the fifo +is not necessary its creator. .It Dv RLIMIT_RSS When there is memory pressure and swap is available, prioritize eviction of a process' resident pages beyond this amount (in bytes).