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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/fork.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/fork.2 | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/fork.2 b/lib/libc/sys/fork.2 index b8d465a0892d..e4bb7eff4dc7 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/fork.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/fork.2 @@ -88,13 +88,27 @@ will fail and no child process will be created if: .It Bq Er EAGAIN The system-imposed limit on the total number of processes under execution would be exceeded. -This limit is configuration-dependent. +The limit is given by the +.Xr sysctl 3 +MIB variable +.Dv KERN_MAXPROC . +(The limit is actually one less than this +except for the super user). .It Bq Er EAGAIN -The system-imposed limit -.Dv MAXUPRC -.Pq Aq Pa sys/param.h +The user is not the super user, and +the system-imposed limit on the total number of processes under execution by a single user would be exceeded. +The limit is given by the +.Xr sysctl 3 +MIB variable +.Dv KERN_MAXPROCPERUID . +.It Bq Er EAGAIN +The user is not the super user, and +the soft resource limit corresponding to the resource parameter +.Dv RLIMIT_NOFILE +would be exceeded (see +.Xr getrlimit 2 ) . .It Bq Er ENOMEM There is insufficient swap space for the new process. .El |