Oracle Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual

tmpfs:tmpfs_minfree

Description

Defines the minimum amount of swap space that TMPFS leaves for the rest of the system.

Data Type

Signed long

Default

256

Range

0 to maximum swap space size

Units

Pages

Dynamic?

Yes

Validation

None

When to Change

To maintain a reasonable amount of swap space on systems with large amounts of TMPFS usage, you can increase this number. The limit has been reached when the console or messages file displays the following message:


fs-name: File system full, swap space limit exceeded
Commitment Level

Unstable

Change History

For information, see tmpfs:tmpfs_minfree (Solaris 8 Releases).