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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] RTTIME watchdog timer proc interface
From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
To: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
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On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 13:44 -0800, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> Hi Ingo,
> 
> I think an interface to access RLIMIT_RTTIME from outside is useful.
> It makes administrator able to set RLIMIT_RTTIME watchdog to existing
> real-time applications without impact.
> 
> I implemented that interface with /proc filesystem.

/proc/<pid>/tasks/<tid>/rttime might also make sense.