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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/rfork.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 b/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 index 9b43bd432693..c41b89bf6588 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 @@ -84,17 +84,31 @@ but isn't for backwards compatibility. .Sh ERRORS .Fn Rfork will fail and no child process will be created if: -.Bl -tag -width Er +.Bl -tag -width [EAGAIN] .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 EINVAL The RFPROC flag was not specified. .It Bq Er EINVAL |