From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:12:59 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: HOWTO: include note about increasing shared memory limits
X-Git-Tag: fio-3.2~49
X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=818322ccd9a629934a6db7bd5cc6dfd167d18437;p=fio.git

HOWTO: include note about increasing shared memory limits

Similarly to commit 7f4811bb36d3, but for the HOWTO.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index df79e2df..d3f957bf 100644
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ Command line options
 .. option:: --max-jobs=nr
 
 	Set the maximum number of threads/processes to support to `nr`.
+	NOTE: On Linux, it may be necessary to increase the shared-memory
+	limit ('/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax') if fio runs into errors while
+	creating jobs.
 
 .. option:: --server=args