Re: [PATCH] man2/syscalls.2: Add prlimit64.

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 06/17/2014 04:41 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> While trying to reconcile the new features in glibc with the
> documented entries in the linux kernel man pages I noticed that
> glibc exports prlimit64 for use by 32-bit applications (as does
> the linux kernel), but that prlimit64 was not defined in the
> syscalls list or in the prlimit-related page.
> 
> This is not the complete fix for this, but I don't have the time
> to explain why and when prlimit64 should be used (or how it should
> be used safely). Therefore I'm just patching the syscalls.2 list
> to show that prlimit64 exists and was added in 2.6.36 (verified
> with git by checking out the tags before and after).
> 
> Unless you've purposely excluded prlimit64 to avoid telling users
> about it because it's complicated, please apply.
> 
> Patch against master.

Thanks, Carlos. Applied. When you one day explain it, probably
I will also get a bit of an educations :-).

Cheers,

Michael


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