UBC parameters - Revision history

Kir: LONG_MAX

2011-01-25T13:48:55Z

LONG_MAX

Botinki Kira: Robot: Automated text replacement (-Virtual Environment +container)

2008-03-11T10:41:09Z

Robot: Automated text replacement (-Virtual Environment +container)

Kir: more links

2006-08-23T11:44:22Z

Kir: Refer to MAX_ULONG /* General information about all parameters */

2006-08-22T12:14:44Z

Refer to MAX_ULONG ‎General information about all parameters

Kir: linked to UBC parameter units

2006-08-22T12:14:04Z

linked to UBC parameter units

Kir: added UBC toc

2006-08-22T07:08:10Z

added UBC toc

Kir: Linked to UBC parameter properties in /* General information about all parameters */

2006-08-22T05:10:36Z

Linked to UBC parameter properties in ‎General information about all parameters

Kir: linked to UBC parameters table

2006-08-22T04:54:34Z

linked to UBC parameters table

Kir: moved /* Resource control parameters table */ to a separate document UBC parameters table

2006-08-22T04:53:41Z

moved ‎Resource control parameters table: to a separate document UBC parameters table

Kir: really fixed list formatting in /* General information about all parameters */

2006-08-22T04:51:24Z

really fixed list formatting in ‎General information about all parameters

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 The <code>limit</code> of <code>vmguarpages</code> and <code>oomguarpages</code> should be
-set to the maximal value (i.e. [[MAX_ULONG]]).
+set to the maximal value [[LONG_MAX]].
 </li>

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 <li>The parameters control
-how the resources are distributed between Virtual Environments in terms of
+how the resources are distributed between containers in terms of
-* limits, i.e.&nbsp;upper boundaries on what this Virtual Environment can consume, and
+* limits, i.e.&nbsp;upper boundaries on what this container can consume, and
-* guarantees, i.e.&nbsp;mechanisms ensuring that this Virtual Environment can get the assigned “resources” regardless of the activity and the amount of resources required by other Virtual Environments.
+* guarantees, i.e.&nbsp;mechanisms ensuring that this container can get the assigned “resources” regardless of the activity and the amount of resources required by other containers.
 The parameters containing “<code>guar</code>” in their names,
-i.e.&nbsp;<code>vmguarpages</code> and <code>oomguarpages</code> are Virtual Environment's
+i.e.&nbsp;<code>vmguarpages</code> and <code>oomguarpages</code> are container's
 guarantees.
 They guarantee availability of resources and certain service level

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 All the existing parameters are listed in the [[UBC parameters table]].
-By importance, the parameters are divided into 3 groups: primary parameters,
+By importance, the parameters are divided into 3 groups: [[UBC primary parameters|primary parameters]],
-secondary parameters and auxiliary parameters.
+[[UBC secondary parameters|secondary parameters]] and [[UBC auxiliary parameters|auxiliary parameters]].
 More detailed description of the parameters and the resource control
-mechanisms governed by the parameters is provided below.
+mechanisms governed by the parameters is provided in the appropriate articles.
 == General information about all parameters ==
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 The properties of parameters are summarized in [[UBC parameter properties]].

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 The <code>limit</code> of <code>vmguarpages</code> and <code>oomguarpages</code> should be
-set to the maximal value (i.e. <code>2147483647</code> on a 32-bit architecture).
+set to the maximal value (i.e. [[MAX_ULONG]]).
 </li>

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 in memory pages (memory page is equal to 4 kilobytes on IA-32 hardware).
 The remaining values (parameters ending with <code>size</code> and <code>buf</code>)
-are measured in bytes.
+are measured in bytes. See more at [[UBC parameter units]].
 </li>

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	All the existing parameters are listed in the [[UBC parameters table]].		All the existing parameters are listed in the [[UBC parameters table]].

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		+	The properties of parameters are summarized in [[UBC parameter properties]].

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	mechanisms governed by the parameters is provided below.		mechanisms governed by the parameters is provided below.

−	~~== Resource control parameters table ==~~

−	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~
−	~~! Name !! Description~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| colspan="2" align="center" \| Primary parameters~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| numproc \|\| Number of processes and threads.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| numtcpsock \|\| Number of TCP sockets.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| numothersock \|\| Number of sockets other than TCP.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| vmguarpages \|\| Memory allocation guarantee, in pages.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| colspan="2" align="center" \| Secondary parameters~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| kmemsize \|\| Size of unswappable kernel memory, allocated for processes in this [[VE]].~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| tcpsndbuf \|\| Total size of TCP send buffers.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| tcprcvbuf \|\| Total size of TCP receive buffers.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| othersockbuf \|\| Total size of UNIX-domain socket buffers, UDP and other datagram protocol send buffers.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| dgramrcvbuf \|\| Receive buffers of UDP and other datagram protocols.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| oomguarpages \|\| The guaranteed amount of memory for the case the memory is “over-booked” (out-of-memory kill guarantee), in pages.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| privvmpages \|\| Memory allocation limit, in pages.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| colspan="2" align="center" \| Auxiliary parameters~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| lockedpages \|\| Process pages not allowed to be swapped out (pages locked by <code>mlock(2)</code>).~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| shmpages \|\| Total size of shared memory (IPC, shared anonymous mappings and <code>tmpfs</code> objects), in pages.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| physpages \|\| Total number of RAM pages used by processes.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| numfile \|\| Number of open files.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| numflock \|\| Number of file locks.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| numpty \|\| Number of pseudo-terminals.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| numsiginfo \|\| Number of <code>siginfo</code> structures.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| dcachesize \|\| Total size of <code>dentry</code> and <code>inode</code> structures locked in memory.~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| numiptent \|\| Number of NETFILTER (IP packet filtering) entries.~~
−	\|}

	== General information about all parameters ==		== General information about all parameters ==