From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 15 08:50:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B971016A47A for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:50:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25CB043D49 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:50:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5F8oGZi090234 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:50:17 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k5F8oG8Z090228; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:50:16 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:50:16 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200606150850.k5F8oG8Z090228@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jelte Jansen Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5F3D16A474 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:41:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 448D743D46 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:41:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k5F8fetH007575 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:41:40 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k5F8feg2007574; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:41:40 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200606150841.k5F8feg2007574@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:41:40 GMT From: Jelte Jansen To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Cc: Subject: docs/98974: Missing tunables in loader(8) manpage X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:50:17 -0000 >Number: 98974 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Missing tunables in loader(8) manpage >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 15 08:50:16 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jelte Jansen >Release: 6.* >Organization: NLnet Labs >Environment: FreeBSD alpha.nlnetlabs.nl 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Some tunables (at least kern.maxdsiz, to set the maximum allowed datasize for processes which defaults to 512 mb) are not documented in any manual page i could find. These would probably go in loader(8). The only place i found where it is even mentioned is /boot/defaults/loader.conf, but the information there is too sparse to know what values to use and what it's for. >How-To-Repeat: man loader (no mention here) grep maxdsiz /usr/src/sys/kern/subr_param.c (is is a tunable) >Fix: Add text to the manpage, i propose something like: kern.maxdsiz Set the maximum allowed datasize resource limit for processes. This value defaults to 512 megabytes. The value should be entered in number of bytes, without modifiers. The value may not exceed addressable space. But someone else can probably do a better job, i'm not sure if the no modifiers is still necessary. There are probably other tunables that are not mentioned yet. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: