Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > Hi all, > currently the maximum size of SysV shared memory is limited by a static > MD limit. The attached patch allows platforms to not specify such a > limit. If the kernel config doesn't specify one either, the kernel will > compute a limit on startup based on physmem. Platforms with limited KVA > can also set SHMMAX_AUTO_LIMIT, which places an upper boundary on the > auto-tuned value. > > The old limit is too restrictive for desktop and e.g. PostgreSQL users. > > Comments? Other platforms that should be added to this list? > > The patch is intended for pullup. > > Joerg > Im already using a bit older version of this patch, and it works fine. Very good idea, as I recall having to use a pile of sysctl magic on a hw with 16G of ram to get a useful pgsql environment. 5.0 should have this. -- Adam
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