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Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:26:47 +0000
From:   Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@...il.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     ericcurtin17@...il.com, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org (open list:DOCUMENTATION),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] Update Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst

max_user_watches for epoll should say 1/25, rather than 1/32

Signed-off-by: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
index f48277a0a850..2a501c9ddc55 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
@@ -380,5 +380,5 @@ This configuration option sets the maximum number of "watches" that are
 allowed for each user.
 Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes
 on a 64bit one.
-The current default value for  max_user_watches  is the 1/32 of the available
-low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
+The current default value for  max_user_watches  is the 1/25 (4%) of the
+available low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
-- 
2.25.1

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