linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] pull request for writable limits for 2.6.33-rc0

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Date:	Sat, 2 Jan 2010 22:40:48 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PULL] pull request for writable limits for 2.6.33-rc0

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> ---
> The following changes since commit 2588465badb648a50cd19623f0dd0063c90d4e31:
>   Linus Torvalds (1):
>         Merge branch 'bkl-arch-for-linus' of
> git://git.kernel.org/.../tip/linux-2.6-tip
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://decibel.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/linux writable_limits
> 
> Jiri Slaby (25):
>       SECURITY: selinux, fix update_rlimit_cpu parameter
>       SECURITY: add task_struct to setrlimit
>       core: add task_struct to update_rlimit_cpu
>       core: split sys_setrlimit
>       core: allow setrlimit to non-current tasks
>       core: optimize setrlimit for current task
>       FS: proc, switch limits reading to fops
>       FS: proc, make limits writable
>       core: do security check under task_lock
>       core: rename setrlimit to do_setrlimit
>       resource: move kernel functions inside __KERNEL__
>       core: posix-cpu-timers, cleanup rlimits usage
>       resource: add helpers for fetching rlimits
>       IA64: use helpers for rlimits
>       PPC: use helpers for rlimits
>       S390: use helpers for rlimits
>       SPARC: use helpers for rlimits
>       X86: use helpers for rlimits
>       FS: use helpers for rlimits
>       MM: use helpers for rlimits
>       core: use helpers for rlimits
>       misc: use helpers for rlimits
>       core: implement getprlimit and setprlimit syscalls
>       COMPAT: add get/put_compat_rlimit
>       x86: add ia32 compat prlimit syscalls
> 
> Neil Horman (1):
>       unistd: add __NR_[get|set]prlimit syscall numbers
> 
> Oleg Nesterov (1):
>       sys_setrlimit: make sure ->rlim_max never grows

Hmm, so this seems to have missed thw 2.6.33 merge window, being dropped 
in a silent way.

Linus, is there any reason you have not pulled this for .33 (I can't see 
any objections from previous reviews), or was this just forgotten?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.

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