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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2022-08-23 09:41:37 -0400
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2022-08-23 09:42:17 -0400
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Doc: prefer sysctl to /proc/sys in docs and comments.
sysctl is more portable than Linux's /proc/sys file tree, and often easier to use too. That's why most of our docs refer to sysctl when talking about how to adjust kernel parameters. Bring the few stragglers into line. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/361175.1661187463@sss.pgh.pa.us
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-rw-r--r--src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 4f153ae1c61..a8b3f5000c2 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -4908,7 +4908,7 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
* If testing EXEC_BACKEND on Linux, you should run this as root before
* starting the postmaster:
*
- * echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+ * sysctl -w kernel.randomize_va_space=0
*
* This prevents using randomized stack and code addresses that cause the
* child process's memory map to be different from the parent's, making it