Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Tunable Parameters Reference Manual

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Updated: December 2014
 
 

timer_max

Description

Specifies the number of POSIX timers available.

Data Type

Signed integer

Default

1000

Range

0 to MAXINT

Dynamic?

No. Increasing the value can cause a system crash.

Validation

None

When to Change

When the default number of timers offered by the system is inadequate. Applications receive an EAGAIN error when executing timer_create system calls.

Commitment Level

Unstable