linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] docs: admin-guide: update to current minimum pipe size default

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Message-ID: <878qjpeqbj.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:11:28 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@...k.net>
Cc: "Alex Xu (Hello71)" <alex_y_xu@...oo.ca>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Štěpán Němec
 <stepnem@...k.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: admin-guide: update to current minimum pipe
 size default

Štěpán Němec <stepnem@...k.net> writes:

> The pipe size limit used when the fs.pipe-user-pages-soft sysctl value
> is reached was increased from one to two pages in commit 46c4c9d1beb7;
> update the documentation to match the new reality.
>
> Fixes: 46c4c9d1beb7 ("pipe: increase minimum default pipe size to 2 pages")
> Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@...k.net>
> ---
> The relevant man page was updated in
> 7543e84442d7 ("pipe.7: Document change to default pipe size when soft limit is exceeded")
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20240829204448.2027276-2-kstewart@efficios.com/
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Better commit message (addressing Jonathan's feedback)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250728-pipedoc-v1-1-2dae082a56f5@smrk.net
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
Applied, thanks.

jon