In fcntl(2) F_SETPIPE_SZ, F_GETPIPE_SZ and /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size are defined, however pipe(7) still defines the pipe capacity as being a static entity. Adding a reference to fcntl(2). Signed-off-by: Elie De Brauwer <eliedebrauwer@xxxxxxxxx> --- man7/pipe.7 | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/pipe.7 b/man7/pipe.7 index 78d1cea..64a6761 100644 --- a/man7/pipe.7 +++ b/man7/pipe.7 @@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ so that a writing process does not remain blocked. In Linux versions before 2.6.11, the capacity of a pipe was the same as the system page size (e.g., 4096 bytes on i386). Since Linux 2.6.11, the pipe capacity is 65536 bytes. +Since Linux 2.6.35, the pipe capacity can be queried and set using the +.BR fcntl (2) +.BR F_GETPIPE_SZ +and +.BR F_SETPIPE_SZ +operations. +See +.BR fcntl (2) +for more information. + .SS PIPE_BUF POSIX.1-2001 says that .BR write (2)s -- 2.0.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
