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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc6 1/2] New Syscall: get rlimits of any process (update)
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Wieland Gmeiner <e8607062@student.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

Is there a realistic use case where this new system call is actually useful
and solves something that cannot be solved without it?

If not I think it's better not to merge this to avoid unnecessary bloat.

-Andi