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24.\" $FreeBSD$
25.Dd May 28, 2017
26.Dt RCTL 4
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm rctl
30.Nd resource limits
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32To compile this driver into the kernel,
33place the following line in the
34kernel configuration file:
35.Bd -ragged -offset indent
36.Cd "options RACCT"
37.Cd "options RCTL"
38.Ed
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42subsystem provides a flexible resource limits mechanism,
43controlled by a set of rules that can be added or removed at runtime
44using the
45.Xr rctl 8
46management utility.
47.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
48Tunables can be set at the
49.Xr loader 8
50prompt, or
51.Xr loader.conf 5 .
52.Bl -tag -width indent
53.It Va kern.racct.enable: No 1
54Enable
55.Nm .
56This defaults to 1, unless
57.Cd "options RACCT_DEFAULT_TO_DISABLED"
58is set in the kernel configuration file.
59.El
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr rctl.conf 5 ,
62.Xr rctl 8
63.Sh HISTORY
64The
65.Nm
66subsystem first appeared in
67.Fx 9.0 .
68.Sh AUTHORS
69The
70.Nm
71subsystem was developed by
72.An Edward Tomasz Napierala Aq Mt trasz@FreeBSD.org
73under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
74