linux-kernel - Re: + proc-export-a-processes-resource-limits-via-proc-pid.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-ID: <20070819151950.GA7787@tv-sign.ru>
Date:	Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:19:50 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + proc-export-a-processes-resource-limits-via-proc-pid.patch added to -mm tree

On 08/19, Neil Horman wrote:
> Copy That
> 
> 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.

Looks good, thanks.

Oleg.

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