Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc6 1/2] New Syscall: get rlimits of any process

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 07:34:34PM +0200, Wieland Gmeiner wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 15:11 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 07:48:22PM +0200, Wieland Gmeiner wrote:
> > > @@ -294,3 +294,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
> > >  	.long sys_inotify_init
> > >  	.long sys_inotify_add_watch
> > >  	.long sys_inotify_rm_watch
> > > +        .long sys_getprlimit
> > 
> > Please follow the proper kernel coding style when writing new kernel
> > code...
> 
> Hm, Documentation/CodingStyle suggests using descriptive names, so
> something like getrlimit(...)/getrlimit_per_process(pid_t pid, ...)
> would be more appropriate?
> 
> I thought getrlimit(...)/getprlimit(pid_t pid, ...) would be a good
> choice as getgid(void)/getpgid(pid_t pid) already exists in Linux which
> have the same naming scheme.
> 
> Or would something like
> getrlimit/getrlimitpid (like wait(void)/waitpid(pid)) or
> getrlimit/getrlimit2 (like getpgrp(void)/getpgrp2(pid) in HP-UX)
> be preferred?
> 
> What would you suggest?

You use tabs instead of spaces :)

thanks,

greg k-h