Re: [PATCH 2/3] man/man7/pipe.7: Note kernel commit of the soft limit triggered cap increase

Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:46:14 +0200

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-man
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Hi,

On 2026-07-09T17:34:21+0200, Štěpán Němec wrote:
> 7543e84442d7 did reference the kernel commit in its commit
> message, but the convention to include it in the man page
> source as well is helpful to wider audience.
> 
> Fixes: 7543e84442d7 ("pipe.7: Document change to default pipe size when soft limit is exceeded")
> Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <[email protected]>

Thanks!  I've applied the patch.


Cheers,
Alex

> ---
>  man/man7/pipe.7 | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man7/pipe.7 b/man/man7/pipe.7
> index 8641bcf4d807..d5744c2186b8 100644
> --- a/man/man7/pipe.7
> +++ b/man/man7/pipe.7
> @@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ .SS /proc files
>  So long as the total number of pages allocated to pipe buffers
>  for this user is at this limit,
>  individual pipes created by a user will be
> +.\" commit 46c4c9d1beb7f5b4cec4dd90e7728720583ee348
>  limited to two pages
>  (one page before Linux 5.14),
>  and attempts to increase a pipe's capacity will be denied.
> -- 
> 2.55.0
> 
> 

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