Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:54:38 -0800 (PST) From: Bernie Doehner <bad@wireless.net> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: limiting per process swap space utilization like Solaris ulimit? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990112155324.21181A-100000@wireless.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990112154212.20990C-100000@wireless.net>
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Bernie Doehner wrote: > Why is it that under bash's ulimit -v, the swap space utilization is the > sum of the data segment size and the stack size? Sorry, I should have said, I understand the reason for this (you cannot swap out more than entire size of the program). The question should rather have been, WHY/HOW can the value for swap space limitation not be reduced to less than data segment + stack? Bernie > Is this correct / valid for all shells (not just bash, which explicitly > prints this out as the per process swap space limitation)? > > Thanks. > > Bernie > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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