Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:01:57 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] binfmt_elf: core dump masking support |
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Hi!
> > Well, you can have it as set of 0-1 "limits"... > > I have come up with a similar idea of regarding the ulimit > value as a bitmask, and I think it may work. > But it will be confusable for users to add the new concept of > 0-1 limitation into the traditional resouce limitation feature. > Additionaly, this approach needs a modification of each shell > command. > What do you think about these demerits?
> The /proc/<pid>/ approach doesn't have these demerits, and it > has an advantage that users can change the bitmask of any process > at anytime.
Well... not sure if it is advantage. Semantics of ulimit inheritance are well given, for example. How is this going to be inherited?
Anyway, yes, I see 0/1 "limits" have bad sides, too, so... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - 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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