Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] man/man5/tunables.conf: Document system-wide tunables config

Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:10:34 +0200

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Hi DJ,

> Date: 2026-08-07 23:08:10-0400
> From: DJ Delorie <[email protected]>
>
> 
> I'm ok with :
> 
>   The resulting data is read when the program starts execution.

Nice!  :)

> 
> This is what I've got so far:
> 
> commit 8ed803ba1e814dd7efdeec787b9b278c2e44be83
> Author: DJ Delorie <[email protected]>
> Date:   Fri Aug 7 23:07:04 2026 -0400
> 
>     man/man5/tunables.conf: Document system-wide tunables config
>     
>     Signed-off-by: DJ Delorie <[email protected]>

Thanks!  I've applied the patch.  Still, a small question (I'll amend
myself with the result of the answer).

> diff --git a/man/man5/tunables.conf.5 b/man/man5/tunables.conf.5
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..a27f78cde
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/man/man5/tunables.conf.5
[...]
> +The syntax is:
> +.P
> +.in +4n
> +.EX
> +.BI [ filter : pattern ]
> +.EE
> +.in
> +.TP
> +.B proc
> +The
> +.B proc
> +filter limits the following tunables to processes
> +whose name matches the pattern.

Is this also a glob(7) pattern?  Or is it a literal name?

> +The pattern may be an absolute path
> +or just the base name.


Have a lovely day!
Alex

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