On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:26:47 +0000 Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > max_user_watches for epoll should say 1/25, rather than 1/32 > > Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst > index f48277a0a850..2a501c9ddc55 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst > @@ -380,5 +380,5 @@ This configuration option sets the maximum number of "watches" that are > allowed for each user. > Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes > on a 64bit one. > -The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/32 of the available > -low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes. > +The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/25 (4%) of the > +available low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes. That does appear to be the way of it...patch applied, thanks. jon
