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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2017-08-18 00:59:55 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2017-08-18 00:59:55 +0200
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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ facility allows the creation of filesystems whose contents reside
in virtual memory.
Since the files on such filesystems typically reside in RAM,
file access is extremely fast.
-
+.PP
The filesystem is automatically created when mounting
a filesystem with the type
.BR tmpfs
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ For a description of the mount options that may be employed when mounting a
.B tmpfs
filesystem, see
.BR mount (8).
-
+.PP
In order for user-space tools and applications to create
.B tmpfs
filesystems, the kernel must be configured with the
.B CONFIG_TMPFS
option.
-
+.PP
The
.BR tmpfs
filesystem supports extended attributes (see
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ filesystem supports extended attributes (see
but
.I user
extended attributes are not permitted.
-
+.PP
An internal shared memory filesystem is used for
System V shared memory
.RB ( shmget (2))
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ This filesystem is available regardless of whether
the kernel was configured with the
.B CONFIG_TMPFS
option.
-
+.PP
A
.B tmpfs
filesystem mounted at
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ as used for the implementation of POSIX shared memory
.RB ( shm_overview (7))
and POSIX semaphores
.RB ( sem_overview (7)).
-
+.PP
The amount of memory consumed by all
.B tmpfs
filesystems is shown in the
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ and in the
.I shared
field displayed by
.BR free (1).
-
+.PP
The
.B tmpfs
facility was formerly called