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author | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-09-29 17:47:46 +0000 |
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committer | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-09-29 17:47:46 +0000 |
commit | b6663b85bfad73a3e1ca3a2d88886d729cae324f (patch) | |
tree | cb5ebc6d822a83fee057cf66c27a10c307fba9ad /lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 | |
parent | 20976a339124b3996073f1e5df6712d053fe0bb0 (diff) | |
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Updated the descriptions of the limits related to EAGAIN.
Changed the error name width for rfork to match fork.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/rfork.2')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 b/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 index 9b43bd4..c41b89b 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 @@ -84,17 +84,31 @@ but isn't for backwards compatibility. .Sh ERRORS .Fn Rfork will fail and no child process will be created if: -.Bl -tag -width Er +.Bl -tag -width [EAGAIN] .It Bq Er EAGAIN The system-imposed limit on the total number of processes under execution would be exceeded. -This limit is configuration-dependent. +The limit is given by the +.Xr sysctl 3 +MIB variable +.Dv KERN_MAXPROC . +(The limit is actually one less than this +except for the super user). .It Bq Er EAGAIN -The system-imposed limit -.Dv MAXUPRC -.Pq Aq Pa sys/param.h +The user is not the super user, and +the system-imposed limit on the total number of processes under execution by a single user would be exceeded. +The limit is given by the +.Xr sysctl 3 +MIB variable +.Dv KERN_MAXPROCPERUID . +.It Bq Er EAGAIN +The user is not the super user, and +the soft resource limit corresponding to the resource parameter +.Dv RLIMIT_NOFILE +would be exceeded (see +.Xr getrlimit 2 ) . .It Bq Er EINVAL The RFPROC flag was not specified. .It Bq Er EINVAL |