UBC parameters table - Revision history

Nathanhaigh: Updated some descriptions to come in line with what's show on UBC_primary_parameters, UBC_secondary_parameters etc

2011-08-01T23:11:03Z

Updated some descriptions to come in line with what's show on UBC_primary_parameters, UBC_secondary_parameters etc

Nathanhaigh: Link primary, secondary and auxiliary to their own pages

2011-08-01T23:04:05Z

Link primary, secondary and auxiliary to their own pages

Nathanhaigh: Link each parameter to the details page of each parameter

2011-08-01T23:02:21Z

Link each parameter to the details page of each parameter

Cgb: Added 'swappages' Aux param

2010-06-26T14:57:07Z

Added 'swappages' Aux param

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

2008-03-11T11:37:19Z

Robot: Automated text replacement (-VE +container)

Kir: added UBC toc

2006-08-22T07:15:43Z

added UBC toc

Kir: created (separated from UBC parameters)

2006-08-22T04:53:06Z

created (separated from UBC parameters)

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{| 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.
|}

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 | colspan="2" align="center" | [[UBC primary parameters|Primary parameters]]
 |-
-| [[numproc]]        || Number of processes and threads.
+| [[numproc]]        || Maximum number of processes and kernel-level threads allowed for this container.
 |-
-| [[numtcpsock]]     || Number of TCP sockets.
+| [[numtcpsock]]     || Maximum number of TCP sockets.
 |-
-| [[numothersock]]   || Number of sockets other than TCP.
+| [[numothersock]]   || Maximum number of non-TCP sockets (local sockets, UDP and other types of sockets).
 |-
-| [[vmguarpages]]    || Memory allocation guarantee, in pages.
+| [[vmguarpages]]    || Memory allocation guarantee.
 |-
 | colspan="2" align="center" | [[UBC secondary parameters|Secondary parameters]]
 |-
-| [[kmemsize]]       || Size of unswappable kernel memory, allocated for processes in this [[container]].
+| [[kmemsize]]       || Size of unswappable kernel memory, allocated allocated for processes in this [[container]].
 |-
-| [[tcpsndbuf]]      || Total size of TCP send buffers.
+| [[tcpsndbuf]]      || Total size of buffers used to send data over TCP network connections.
 |-
-| [[tcprcvbuf]]      || Total size of TCP receive buffers.
+| [[tcprcvbuf]]      || Total size of buffers used to temporary store the data coming from TCP network connections.
 |-
 | [[othersockbuf]]   || Total size of UNIX-domain socket buffers, UDP and other datagram protocol send buffers.
@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 | [[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.
+| [[oomguarpages]]   || The guaranteed amount of memory for the case the memory is “over-booked” (out-of-memory kill guarantee).
 |-
 | [[privvmpages]]    || Memory allocation limit, in pages.

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| colspan="2" align="center" | Primary parameters
+| colspan="2" align="center" | [[UBC primary parameters|Primary parameters]]
 |-
 | [[numproc]]        || Number of processes and threads.
@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 | [[vmguarpages]]    || Memory allocation guarantee, in pages.
 |-
-| colspan="2" align="center" | Secondary parameters
+| colspan="2" align="center" | [[UBC secondary parameters|Secondary parameters]]
 |-
 | [[kmemsize]]       || Size of unswappable kernel memory, allocated for processes in this [[container]].
@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 | [[privvmpages]]    || Memory allocation limit, in pages.
 |-
-| colspan="2" align="center" | Auxiliary parameters
+| colspan="2" align="center" | [[UBC auxiliary parameters|Auxiliary parameters]]
 |-
 | [[lockedpages]]    || Process pages not allowed to be swapped out (pages locked by <code>mlock(2)</code>).

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 | colspan="2" align="center" | Primary parameters
 |-
-| numproc        || Number of processes and threads.
+| [[numproc]]        || Number of processes and threads.
 |-
-| numtcpsock     || Number of TCP sockets.
+| [[numtcpsock]]     || Number of TCP sockets.
 |-
-| numothersock   || Number of sockets other than TCP.
+| [[numothersock]]   || Number of sockets other than TCP.
 |-
-| vmguarpages    || Memory allocation guarantee, in pages.
+| [[vmguarpages]]    || Memory allocation guarantee, in pages.
 |-
 | colspan="2" align="center" | Secondary parameters
 |-
-| kmemsize       || Size of unswappable kernel memory, allocated for processes in this [[container]].
+| [[kmemsize]]       || Size of unswappable kernel memory, allocated for processes in this [[container]].
 |-
-| tcpsndbuf      || Total size of TCP send buffers.
+| [[tcpsndbuf]]      || Total size of TCP send buffers.
 |-
-| tcprcvbuf      || Total size of TCP receive buffers.
+| [[tcprcvbuf]]      || Total size of TCP receive buffers.
 |-
-| othersockbuf   || Total size of UNIX-domain socket buffers, UDP and other datagram protocol send 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.
+| [[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.
+| [[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.
+| [[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>).
+| [[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.
+| [[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.
+| [[physpages]]      || Total number of RAM pages used by processes.
 |-
-| numfile        || Number of open files.
+| [[numfile]]        || Number of open files.
 |-
-| numflock       || Number of file locks.
+| [[numflock]]       || Number of file locks.
 |-
-| numpty         || Number of pseudo-terminals.
+| [[numpty]]         || Number of pseudo-terminals.
 |-
-| numsiginfo     || Number of <code>siginfo</code> structures.
+| [[numsiginfo]]     || Number of <code>siginfo</code> structures.
 |-
-| dcachesize     || Total size of <code>dentry</code> and <code>inode</code> structures locked in memory.
+| [[dcachesize]]     || Total size of <code>dentry</code> and <code>inode</code> structures locked in memory.
 |-
-| numiptent      || Number of NETFILTER (IP packet filtering) entries.
+| [[numiptent]]      || Number of NETFILTER (IP packet filtering) entries.
 |-
-| swappages      || Amount of swap space to show in container.
+| [[swappages]]      || Amount of swap space to show in container.
 |}