shmget.2: Note default value of SHMMAX

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-04-17 13:37:12 +02:00
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@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ On Linux, this limit can be read and modified via
.IR /proc/sys/kernel/shmall .
.TP
.B SHMMAX
Maximum size in bytes for a shared memory segment: policy dependent.
Maximum size in bytes for a shared memory segment.
Since Linux 2.2, the default value of this limit is 0x2000000 (32MB).
On Linux, this limit can be read and modified via
.IR /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax .
.TP