Re: 2.4.8 Resource leaks + limits

dmaynor@iceland.oit.gatech.edu
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:43:28 -0400


> This is why you mainly find per-process stuff in all the limits.
>
> Linux has had (for a while now) a "struct user" that is actually quickly
> accessible through a direct pointer off every process that is associated
> with that user, and we could (and _will_) start adding these kinds of
> limits. 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.
So when you do impose this, where will it be setable, will there be a flat file in /etc
like solaris, or compile time for the kernel?

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