shmmax

file: /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
variable: kernel.shmmax
Official reference

This value can be used to query and set the run time limit on the maximum shared memory segment size that can be created. Shared memory segments up to 1Gb are now supported in the kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX.

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Last update: 2018-12-09 18:93:01 UTC

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