On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:59:18 -0400 Neil Horman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Currently, there exists no method for a process to query the resource > limits of another process. They can be inferred via some mechanisms but they > cannot be explicitly determined. Given that this information can be usefull > to > know during the debugging of an application, I've written this patch which > exports all of a processes limits via /proc/<pid>/limits. I'm struggling with this a bit. Sure, it _might_ be handy on some occasions to be able to get at this information. But I've never seen anyone ask for it before, and it _is_ determinable by other means, if only strace. How do we justify adding yet more stuff to the kernel? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/