From: Miroslav Lichvar Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:35:00 +0000 (+0200) Subject: doc: shorten lock_all description X-Git-Tag: 4.2-pre1~68 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=93326488a35f8c0bda72f806d3da3b8845c51f0c;p=thirdparty%2Fchrony.git doc: shorten lock_all description --- diff --git a/doc/chrony.conf.adoc b/doc/chrony.conf.adoc index f6d26c64..99a8ee48 100644 --- a/doc/chrony.conf.adoc +++ b/doc/chrony.conf.adoc @@ -2503,12 +2503,9 @@ under which *chronyd* is normally running (to allow *chronyd* to re-read the file when the <> command is issued by *chronyc*). [[lock_all]]*lock_all*:: -The *lock_all* directive will lock chronyd into RAM so that it will never be -paged out. This mode is supported on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Solaris. This -directive uses the POSIX *mlockall()* system call to prevent *chronyd* from -ever being swapped out. This should result in lower and more consistent -latency. It should not have significant impact on performance as *chronyd's* -memory usage is modest. The *mlockall(2)* man page has more details. +The *lock_all* directive will lock the *chronyd* process into RAM so that it +will never be paged out. This can result in lower and more consistent latency. +The directive is supported on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Solaris. [[pidfile]]*pidfile* _file_:: Unless *chronyd* is started with the *-Q* option, it writes its process ID