There are two sections documenting aio-nr and aio-max-nr, merge them. I kept the second explanation of aio-nr, which seems clearer to me, along with the effects of the values from the first section. Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 18 +++++------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst index 0935acd220dc..a61c6aec5e5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst @@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs: aio-nr & aio-max-nr ------------------- -aio-nr is the running total of the number of events specified on the -io_setup system call for all currently active aio contexts. If aio-nr -reaches aio-max-nr then io_setup will fail with EAGAIN. Note that -raising aio-max-nr does not result in the pre-allocation or re-sizing -of any kernel data structures. +aio-nr shows the current system-wide number of asynchronous io +requests. aio-max-nr allows you to change the maximum value +aio-nr can grow to. If aio-nr reaches aio-nr-max then io_setup will +fail with EAGAIN. Note that raising aio-max-nr does not result in the +pre-allocation or re-sizing of any kernel data structures. dentry-state @@ -287,14 +287,6 @@ mount more filesystems than the current value in super-max allows you to. -aio-nr & aio-max-nr -------------------- - -aio-nr shows the current system-wide number of asynchronous io -requests. aio-max-nr allows you to change the maximum value -aio-nr can grow to. - - mount-max --------- -- 2.31.1