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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 6047b8171d4..883a849e6f5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -781,13 +781,13 @@ psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such
<row>
<entry><varname>SEMMNI</varname></entry>
<entry>Maximum number of semaphore identifiers (i.e., sets)</entry>
- <entry>at least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + max_wal_senders + max_worker_processes + 5) / 16)</literal> plus room for other applications</entry>
+ <entry>at least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + max_wal_senders + max_worker_processes + 7) / 16)</literal> plus room for other applications</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><varname>SEMMNS</varname></entry>
<entry>Maximum number of semaphores system-wide</entry>
- <entry><literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + max_wal_senders + max_worker_processes + 5) / 16) * 17</literal> plus room for other applications</entry>
+ <entry><literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + max_wal_senders + max_worker_processes + 7) / 16) * 17</literal> plus room for other applications</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -838,7 +838,8 @@ psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such
When using System V semaphores,
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses one semaphore per allowed connection
(<xref linkend="guc-max-connections"/>), allowed autovacuum worker process
- (<xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-workers"/>) and allowed background
+ (<xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-workers"/>), allowed WAL sender process
+ (<xref linkend="guc-max-wal-senders"/>), and allowed background
process (<xref linkend="guc-max-worker-processes"/>), in sets of 16.
Each such set will
also contain a 17th semaphore which contains a <quote>magic
@@ -852,7 +853,7 @@ psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such
linkend="sysvipc-parameters"/>). The parameter <varname>SEMMNI</varname>
determines the limit on the number of semaphore sets that can
exist on the system at one time. Hence this parameter must be at
- least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + max_wal_senders + max_worker_processes + 5) / 16)</literal>.
+ least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + max_wal_senders + max_worker_processes + 7) / 16)</literal>.
Lowering the number
of allowed connections is a temporary workaround for failures,
which are usually confusingly worded <quote>No space