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@@ -94,10 +94,9 @@
required to access <filename>/tmp</filename> and
<filename>/var/tmp</filename>.</para>
- <para>Units whose output standard output or error output is connected to <option>journal</option>,
- <option>syslog</option> or <option>kmsg</option> (or their combinations with console output, see below)
- automatically acquire dependencies of type <varname>After=</varname> on
- <filename>systemd-journald.socket</filename>.</para>
+ <para>Units whose standard output or error output is connected to <option>journal</option>, <option>syslog</option>
+ or <option>kmsg</option> (or their combinations with console output, see below) automatically acquire dependencies
+ of type <varname>After=</varname> on <filename>systemd-journald.socket</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -469,8 +468,8 @@
similar to the same option of
<varname>StandardInput=</varname>.</para>
- <para>If the standard output (or error output, see below) of a unit is connected with the journal, syslog or
- the kernel log buffer the unit will implicitly gain a dependency of type <varname>After=</varname> on
+ <para>If the standard output (or error output, see below) of a unit is connected to the journal, syslog or the
+ kernel log buffer, the unit will implicitly gain a dependency of type <varname>After=</varname> on
<filename>systemd-journald.socket</filename> (also see the automatic dependencies section above).</para>
<para>This setting defaults to the value set with
@@ -630,27 +629,23 @@
<term><varname>LimitNICE=</varname></term>
<term><varname>LimitRTPRIO=</varname></term>
<term><varname>LimitRTTIME=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>These settings set both soft and hard limits
- of various resources for executed processes. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. The resource limit is possible to specify in two formats,
- <option>value</option> to set soft and hard limits to the same value,
- or <option>soft:hard</option> to set both limits individually (e.g. LimitAS=4G:16G).
- Use the string <varname>infinity</varname> to
- configure no limit on a specific resource. The multiplicative
- suffixes K (=1024), M (=1024*1024) and so on for G, T, P and E
- may be used for resource limits measured in bytes
- (e.g. LimitAS=16G). For the limits referring to time values,
- the usual time units ms, s, min, h and so on may be used (see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details). Note that if no time unit is specified for
- <varname>LimitCPU=</varname> the default unit of seconds is
- implied, while for <varname>LimitRTTIME=</varname> the default
- unit of microseconds is implied. Also, note that the effective
- granularity of the limits might influence their
- enforcement. For example, time limits specified for
- <varname>LimitCPU=</varname> will be rounded up implicitly to
- multiples of 1s.</para>
+ <listitem><para>Set soft and hard limits on various resources for executed processes. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setrlimit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details on
+ the resource limit concept. Resource limits may be specified in two formats: either as single value to set a
+ specific soft and hard limit to the same value, or as colon-separated pair <option>soft:hard</option> to set
+ both limits individually (e.g. <literal>LimitAS=4G:16G</literal>). Use the string <varname>infinity</varname>
+ to configure no limit on a specific resource. The multiplicative suffixes K, M, G, T, P and E (to the base
+ 1024) may be used for resource limits measured in bytes (e.g. LimitAS=16G). For the limits referring to time
+ values, the usual time units ms, s, min, h and so on may be used (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details). Note that if no time unit is specified for <varname>LimitCPU=</varname> the default unit of seconds
+ is implied, while for <varname>LimitRTTIME=</varname> the default unit of microseconds is implied. Also, note
+ that the effective granularity of the limits might influence their enforcement. For example, time limits
+ specified for <varname>LimitCPU=</varname> will be rounded up implicitly to multiples of 1s. For
+ <varname>LimitNICE=</varname> the value may be specified in two syntaxes: if prefixed with <literal>+</literal>
+ or <literal>-</literal>, the value is understood as regular Linux nice value in the range -20..19. If not
+ prefixed like this the value is understood as raw resource limit parameter in the range 0..40 (with 0 being
+ equivalent to 1).</para>
<para>Note that most process resource limits configured with
these options are per-process, and processes may fork in order