Configurable IPC-Semaphore Parameters

The following eight kernel parameters control System V IPC semaphore operating limits:

sema
(Series 700 only). Enable or disable IPC semaphores at system boot time.

semaem
Maximum value by which a semaphore can be changed in a semaphore "undo" operation.

semmap
Size of free-semaphores resource map for allocating requested sets of semaphores.

semmni
Maximum number of sets of IPC semaphores allowed on the system at any given time.

semmns
Total system-wide number of individual IPC semaphores available to system users.

semmnu
Maximum number processes that can have undo operations pending on any given IPC semaphore on the system.

semume
Maximum number of IPC semaphores that a given process can have undo operations pending on.

semvmx
Maximum value any given IPC semaphore is allowed to reach (prevents undetected overflow conditions).

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