On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 12:45:47PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > 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.
I've wanted this information on multiple occasions in the past and was mystified that there was no way to determine it. And no, I don't feel that strace is an answer -- given a running process, how do I use strace to find out what its current ulimits are? -andy - 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/
