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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 index 7fa187b..24d078a 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 @@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ length array of integers. The .Fn sysctlbyname function accepts an ASCII representation of the name and internally -looks up the integer name vector. Apart from that, it behaves the same +looks up the integer name vector. +Apart from that, it behaves the same as the standard .Fn sysctl function. @@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ The third and fourth level names are as follows: .El .Pp If the third level name is KERN_PROC_ARGS then the command line argument -array is returned in a flattened form, i.e. zero-terminated arguments +array is returned in a flattened form, i.e., zero-terminated arguments follow each other. The total size of array is returned. It is also possible for a process to set its own process title this way. @@ -752,12 +753,14 @@ The returned data consists of a 0 if the statistics-based page management algorithm is in use or 1 if the near-LRU algorithm is in use. .It Li VM_SWAPPING_ENABLED -1 if process swapping is enabled or 0 if disabled. This variable is +1 if process swapping is enabled or 0 if disabled. +This variable is permanently set to 0 if the kernel was built with swapping disabled. .It Li VM_V_CACHE_MAX Maximum desired size of the cache queue. .It Li VM_V_CACHE_MIN -Minimum desired size of the cache queue. If the cache queue size +Minimum desired size of the cache queue. +If the cache queue size falls very far below this value, the pageout daemon is awakened. .It Li VM_V_FREE_MIN Minimum amount of memory (cache memory plus free memory) @@ -771,7 +774,8 @@ The total amount of free memory (including cache memory) that the pageout daemon tries to maintain. .It Li VM_V_INACTIVE_TARGET The desired number of inactive pages that the pageout daemon should -achieve when it runs. Inactive pages can be quickly inserted into +achieve when it runs. +Inactive pages can be quickly inserted into process address space when needed. .It Li VM_V_PAGEOUT_FREE_MIN If the amount of free and cache memory falls below this value, the |
