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On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:29:42 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > Ar Mer, 2006-08-23 am 09:50 -0700, ysgrifennodd Andrew Morton: > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:43:16 +0400 > > Kirill Korotaev <dev@sw.ru> wrote: > > > > > +asmlinkage long sys_set_bclimit(uid_t id, unsigned long resource, > > > + unsigned long *limits) > > > > I'm still a bit mystified about the use of uid_t here. It's not a uid, is > > it? > > Its a uid_t because of setluid() and twenty odd years of existing unix > practice. > I don't understand. This number is an identifier for an accounting container, which was somehow dreamed up by userspace. AFAICT it is wholly unrelated to user ID's. (How does userspace avoid collisions, btw?) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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