From: Jon DeVree <jadevree@mtu.edu>
To: linux mailing-list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to determine the start of DATA segment
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:52:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060330165225.GA24074@tesla.setec> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <728201270603300837g60eefb65u8b55df910b86f6c4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 10:37:25AM -0600, Ram Gupta wrote:
> Is there a system call or library function which a process can use to
> determine the start of its data segment . I need to know the start of
> the data segment so that process does not cross its DATA limit. Using
> this information & sbrk it knows how much data space is already used &
> how much it can grow further without crossing the limit.
I think getrlimit() might be what you are looking for.
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Jon
"RISC architecture is gonna change everything." -Kate Libby
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-30 16:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-30 16:37 How to determine the start of DATA segment Ram Gupta
2006-03-30 16:52 ` Jon DeVree [this message]
2006-03-30 17:12 ` Ram Gupta
2006-03-30 17:31 ` Phillip Susi
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