proc.5: Improve description of /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2010-06-19 04:40:23 +02:00
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.\" to see what information could be imported from that file
.\" into this file.
.\"
.TH PROC 5 2010-06-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH PROC 5 2010-06-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
proc \- process information pseudo-file system
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR fcntl (2)
.B F_SETPIPE_SZ
operation.
This limit applies only to unpriviliged processes.
This limit applies only to unprivileged processes.
The default value for this file is 1,048,576.
The value assigned to this file may be rounded upward,
to reflect the value actually employed for a convenient implementation.
To determine the rounded-up value,
display the contents of this file after assigning a value to it.
The minimum value that can be assigned to this file is the system page size.
.TP
.IR /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable " (since Linux 2.6.13)"
.\" The following is based on text from Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt