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From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: mag@fbab.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.8 Resource leaks + limits
Date: 14 Aug 2001 22:42:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3snetq3po.fsf@otr.mynet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200108150532.f7F5WGq01653@penguin.transmeta.com>
In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds's message of "Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:32:16 -0700"

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:

> However, part of the problem is that because the limits haven't
> historically existed, there is also no accepted and nice way of
> setting the limits.

This should be the least of the problems.  Simply add new RLIMIT_*
values[1] (and possibly [gs]etrlimit64 syscalls).  The shell's ulimit
command can easily pick those up.  Non-standard, but every other
solution will be, too.

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-08-15  5:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-15  5:11 2.4.8 Resource leaks + limits Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-15  5:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-15  5:42   ` Ulrich Drepper [this message]
2001-08-15  8:31     ` Nadav Har'El
2001-08-15  5:43   ` dmaynor
2001-08-15  5:56     ` J Sloan
2001-08-15  6:59       ` Brian
2001-08-15  7:26         ` J Sloan
2001-08-15 13:51       ` Admin Mailing Lists
2001-08-15 14:12         ` dmaynor
2001-08-15 16:04         ` Alan Cox
2001-08-17 22:01           ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-17 22:08             ` Alan Cox
2001-08-17 23:25               ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-15  6:05   ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-15  6:28     ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-15  7:24       ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-15 14:21       ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-08-15 14:20         ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-16 19:41           ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-08-16 19:54             ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-08-17 15:56             ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-15 15:00         ` Tobias Ringstrom
     [not found] <no.id>
2001-08-15 11:40 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-15 16:53   ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-15 18:51     ` Alan Cox
2001-08-15 19:57     ` Ingo Oeser
2001-08-15 20:15       ` Alan Cox
2001-08-15 21:30         ` Jesse Pollard
2001-08-15 20:57       ` Anton Altaparmakov
2001-08-16  1:12       ` Jesse Pollard
2001-08-15 22:14     ` Horst von Brand
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0108171818040.2277-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
2001-08-18 14:53 ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-18 15:24 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-08-18 15:20   ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-18 22:34     ` Alan Cox
2001-08-18 22:35     ` Alan Cox

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