linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RESEND2] getrusage: fill ru

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Message-Id: <20081217194646.F677.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:48:44 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Oleg Nesterov" <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...glemail.com>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	jlim@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RESEND2] getrusage: fill ru_maxrss value

> (updated)
> 
> This patch makes ->ru_maxrss value in struct rusage filled accordingly to
> rss hiwater mark. This struct is filled as a parameter to
> getrusage syscall. ->ru_maxrss value is set to pages which might be correct
> as "time" application converts it to KBs.

Why?
if kernel convert to KB, glibc don't need any change.



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