Instructions for FreeBSD ipc config showing age - Mailing list pgsql-docs

A recent mailing on the -perf list highlighted that the docs concerning
ipc configuration are a bit out for date for FreeBSD.

The attached patch separates out FreeBSD from Open/NetBSD, and shows how
to change settings via sysctl w/o a kernel rebuild. Any thoughts?

BTW I suspect that both Open and NetBSD are in need of an update too,
however I don't have any installations of such to experiment on.

regards

Mark

--- runtime.sgml.orig    Sat Jan 29 18:30:50 2005
+++ runtime.sgml    Mon Jan 31 22:30:35 2005
@@ -4350,10 +4350,8 @@


      <varlistentry>
-      <term><systemitem class="osname">FreeBSD</></term>
       <term><systemitem class="osname">NetBSD</></term>
       <term><systemitem class="osname">OpenBSD</></term>
-      <indexterm><primary>FreeBSD</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
       <indexterm><primary>NetBSD</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
       <indexterm><primary>OpenBSD</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
       <listitem>
@@ -4364,25 +4362,66 @@
         the option <varname>SHMMAXPGS</> (in pages). The following
         shows an example of how to set the various parameters:
 <programlisting>
-options         SYSVSHM
-options         SHMMAXPGS=4096
-options         SHMSEG=256
+option         SYSVSHM
+option         SHMMAXPGS=4096
+option         SHMSEG=256

-options         SYSVSEM
-options         SEMMNI=256
-options         SEMMNS=512
-options         SEMMNU=256
-options         SEMMAP=256
+option         SYSVSEM
+option         SEMMNI=256
+option         SEMMNS=512
+option         SEMMNU=256
+option         SEMMAP=256
 </programlisting>
-        (On <systemitem class="osname">NetBSD</> and <systemitem
-        class="osname">OpenBSD</> the key word is actually
-        <literal>option</literal> singular.)
        </para>
        <para>
         You might also want to configure your kernel to lock shared
         memory into RAM and prevent it from being paged out to swap.
         Use the <command>sysctl</> setting
         <literal>kern.ipc.shm_use_phys</>.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><systemitem class="osname">FreeBSD</></term>
+      <indexterm><primary>FreeBSD</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        The default settings are only suitable for small installations
+        (default <varname>SHMMAX</varname> is 32 MB). Changes can be made via
+        the <command>sysctl</command> or <command>loader</command> interfaces.
+        Firstly the ones that are settable using <command>sysctl</command>:
+<screen>
+<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>systcl -w kern.ipc.shmall=32768</userinput>
+<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>systcl -w kern.ipc.shmmax=134217728</userinput>
+<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>systcl -w kern.ipc.semmap=256</userinput>
+</screen>
+        These to be saved between reboots in <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf.
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        The remaining sempahore settings are read only as far as
+        <command>sysctl</command> is concerned, but can be changed before boot
+        using the <command>loader</command> prompt:
+<screen>
+<prompt>(loader)</prompt> <userinput>set kern.ipc.semmni=256</userinput>
+<prompt>(loader)</prompt> <userinput>set kern.ipc.semmns=512</userinput>
+<prompt>(loader)</prompt> <userinput>set kern.ipc.semmnu=256</userinput>
+</screen>
+        Similarly these can be saved between reboots in
+        <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>.
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        You might also want to configure your kernel to lock shared
+        memory into RAM and prevent it from being paged out to swap.
+        Use the <command>sysctl</> setting
+        <literal>kern.ipc.shm_use_phys</>.
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        Versions before 4.0 will require a kernel rebuild, see the
+        <systemitem class="osname">NetBSD</> and <systemitem
+        class="osname">OpenBSD</> instructions above, however the key word is
+        <literal>options</literal> (plural) in this case.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>