Re: [PATCH 2/2] pipe.7: Reference potential lower default in pipe capacity section

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Hi Kienan,

On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 11:43:04AM GMT, Kienan Stewart wrote:
> The pipe capacity section makes no indication that the default
> capacity of pipes may not be `16 * PAGE_SIZE` for users exceeding the
> `pipe_user_pages_soft` limit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kienan Stewart <kstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Thanks for the patch!  I've applied it, with small tweaks to the commit
message.
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?h=contrib&id=663202e816e27dbfb5fddfeb2b93a86919f69027>

Have a lovely day!
Alex

>  man/man7/pipe.7 | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man7/pipe.7 b/man/man7/pipe.7
> index c7f3fbb9e..3d853d27c 100644
> --- a/man/man7/pipe.7
> +++ b/man/man7/pipe.7
> @@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ operations.
>  See
>  .BR fcntl (2)
>  for more information.
> +Since Linux 4.5, the default pipe capacity is lower than 16 pages when the
> +.I pipe\-user\-pages\-soft
> +limit is exceeded.
>  .P
>  The following
>  .BR ioctl (2)
> -- 
> 2.45.2
> 

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<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>

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