File system parameters

The file system parameters are listed in the /proc/sys/fs directory. The following are the available file system parameters:

aio-max-nr
Defines the maximum number of events allowed in all active asynchronous input/output contexts. The default value is 65536, and modifying this value does not pre-allocate or resize any kernel data structures.
file-max

Determines the maximum number of file handles for the entire system. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, the default value is 9223372036854775807.

Note

The default value is set by systemd and corresponds to the configurable maximum.