From 716093ba30d86cc167a955d21c19828414d43e62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tfheen Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:57:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the size parameter to -s malloc Fixes #362 git-svn-id: svn+ssh://projects.linpro.no/svn/varnish/trunk@3362 d4fa192b-c00b-0410-8231-f00ffab90ce4 --- varnish-cache/bin/varnishd/varnishd.1 | 20 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/varnish-cache/bin/varnishd/varnishd.1 b/varnish-cache/bin/varnishd/varnishd.1 index cbfd3f5d..63c7144b 100644 --- a/varnish-cache/bin/varnishd/varnishd.1 +++ b/varnish-cache/bin/varnishd/varnishd.1 @@ -236,9 +236,27 @@ The default is 16383. .Ss Storage Types The following storage types are available: .Bl -tag -width 4n -.It Cm malloc +.It Cm malloc Ns Op Ns , Ns Ar size Ns Storage for each object is allocated with .Xr malloc 3 . +.Pp +The +.Ar size +parameter specifies the maximum amount of memory varnishd will allocate. +The size is assumed to be in bytes, unless followed by one of the +following suffixes: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It K, k +The size is expressed in kibibytes. +.It M, m +The size is expressed in mebibytes. +.It G, g +The size is expressed in gibibytes. +.It T, t +The size is expressed in tebibytes. +.El +.Pp +The default size is unlimited. .It Cm file Ns Op Ns , Ns Ar path Ns Op Ns , Ns Ar size Ns Op Ns , Ns Ar granularity Storage for each object is allocated from an arena backed by a file. This is the default. -- 2.39.5