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pa_maxssiz(5)							 pa_maxssiz(5)

NAME
       pa_maxssiz:  pa_maxssiz_32bit,  pa_maxssiz_64bit	 -  maximum  size  (in
       bytes) of the stack for a user process running under the PA-RISC emula‐
       tor on an Integrity system

VALUES
   Default
   Allowed values
DESCRIPTION
       User  programs  on HP-UX systems are composed of five discrete segments
       of virtual memory: text (or code), data, stack, shared, and I/O.

       PA-RISC binaries running under Itanium-based system using  the  PA-RISC
       emulator	 have their stack segment size (which includes both the memory
       stack and the RSE stack) determined by or

       The emulated stack from the process perspective	is  the	 same  as  the
       stack  if  the  process	were executed on a PA-RISC machine without the
       emulator.  The actual (non-emulated) process  stack  (both  memory  and
       RSE)  for  an  emulated	process are of a non-configurable size and are
       used solely for the internal use of the emulator for a PA-RISC  process
       on   Itanium-based  system.   This  tunable  therefore  represents  the
       required value of or on a corresponding PA-RISC machine to execute  the
       emulated process plus working space for the emulator itself.

       As  with the stack address space sized by the address space used by the
       emulator is both private to the process and not usable for  other  pur‐
       poses  regardless  of whether the emulator stack grows to encompass the
       full range or not.  As a consequence, the tunable value may  be	viewed
       as an amount of process data address space which will be unavailable to
       this PA-RISC process.  Caution is advised especially for	 32  bit  pro‐
       cesses since the default address space model only provides 1 Gb of pri‐
       vate data space.	 Setting this tunable too high will result  in	execu‐
       tion  failure  when other allocations (private calls or calls) fail due
       to insufficient available address space.	 If this  occurs,  revise  the
       address	space  model  of the failing PA-RISC executable using to allow
       more private data virtual address space or lower the tunable.

   Who is Expected to Change This Tunable?
       Anyone.

   Restrictions on Changing
       Given that the user memory stack size is not modifiable	by  this  tun‐
       able,  it  is  expected that detailed knowledge of the PA-RISC emulator
       memory usage is needed before modifying this tunable.

   When Should the Value of This Tunable Be Raised?
       This tunable should be raised if the PA-RISC emulator on	 Itanium-based
       system requires additional space for stack emulation.

   What Are the Side Effects of Raising the Value?
       The  PA-RISC  emulator  will  use more of the virtual address space for
       stack, leaving less virtual address space for data allocations.	 Rais‐
       ing  the	 value	too  high will result in application failure when data
       allocations fail due to insufficient virtual address space.

       Since it may not be known which processes  are  based  off  of  PA-RISC
       binaries	 and  which  off  Itanium-based binaries, arbitrary raising of
       this tunable is discouraged.

   When Should the Value of This Tunable Be Lowered?
       This tunable should only be lowered if the  workload  for  the  PA-RISC
       emulator is known on the system, more space than is needed is currently
       used for stack emulation, and swap space (either reserved or allocated)
       is at a premium on the system.

   What Are the Side Effects of Lowering the Value?
       Lowering	 this tunable will decrease the available stack space for emu‐
       lated PA-RISC binary executions.	  Emulated  processes  needing	larger
       stacks  will  fail stack growth requests (just as lowering or may cause
       process termination due to failure to grow stack).

   What Other Tunable Values Should Be Changed at the Same Time?
       None.

WARNINGS
       All HP-UX kernel tunable parameters are release specific.  This parame‐
       ter  may	 be  removed or have its meaning changed in future releases of
       HP-UX.

       Installation of optional kernel software, from HP or other vendors, may
       cause  changes  to  tunable parameter values.  After installation, some
       tunable parameters may no longer be at the default or recommended  val‐
       ues.  For information about the effects of installation on tunable val‐
       ues, consult the documentation for the kernel software being installed.
       For  information	 about	optional  kernel  software  that  was  factory
       installed on your system, see at

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

SEE ALSO
       chatr(1), mmap(2), sbrk(2), maxssiz(5).

Integrity Systems Only	   Tunable Kernel Parameters		 pa_maxssiz(5)
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