tcp.7: Clarify that tcp_mem measures in units of the system page size

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2008-11-21 17:10:30 -05:00
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@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ to match the size required by the path for full throughput.
.IR tcp_mem " (since Linux 2.4)
.\" Since 2.4.0-test7
This is a vector of 3 integers: [low, pressure, high].
These bounds are used by TCP to track its memory usage.
These bounds, measured in units of the system page size,
are used by TCP to track its memory usage.
The defaults are calculated at boot time from the amount of
available memory.
(TCP can only use