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GETRLIMIT(2) UNIX Programmer's Manual GETRLIMIT(2)
NNAAMMEE
ggeettrrlliimmiitt, sseettrrlliimmiitt - control maximum system resource consumption
SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
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_i_n_t
ggeettrrlliimmiitt(_i_n_t _r_e_s_o_u_r_c_e, _s_t_r_u_c_t _r_l_i_m_i_t _*_r_l_p)
_i_n_t
sseettrrlliimmiitt(_i_n_t _r_e_s_o_u_r_c_e, _s_t_r_u_c_t _r_l_i_m_i_t _*_r_l_p)
DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
Limits on the consumption of system resources by the current process and
each process it creates may be obtained with the ggeettrrlliimmiitt() call, and
set with the sseettrrlliimmiitt() call.
The _r_e_s_o_u_r_c_e parameter is one of the following:
RLIMIT_CPU the maximum amount of cpu time (in seconds) to be used by
each process.
RLIMIT_FSIZE the largest size, in bytes, of any single file that may
be created.
RLIMIT_DATA the maximum size, in bytes, of the data segment for a
process; this defines how far a program may extend its
break with the sbrk(2) system call.
RLIMIT_STACK the maximum size, in bytes, of the stack segment for a
process; this defines how far a program's stack segment
may be extended. Stack extension is performed automati
cally by the system.
RLIMIT_CORE the largest size, in bytes, of a core file that may be
created.
RLIMIT_RSS the maximum size, in bytes, to which a process's resident
set size may grow. This imposes a limit on the amount of
physical memory to be given to a process; if memory is
tight, the system will prefer to take memory from pro
cesses that are exceeding their declared resident set
size.
A resource limit is specified as a soft limit and a hard limit. When a
soft limit is exceeded a process may receive a signal (for example, if
the cpu time or file size is exceeded), but it will be allowed to contin
ue execution until it reaches the hard limit (or modifies its resource
limit). The _r_l_i_m_i_t structure is used to specify the hard and soft limits
on a resource,
struct rlimit {
int rlim_cur; /* current (soft) limit */
int rlim_max; /* hard limit */
};
Only the superuser may raise the maximum limits. Other users may only
alter _r_l_i_m___c_u_r within the range from 0 to _r_l_i_m___m_a_x or (irreversibly) low
er _r_l_i_m___m_a_x.
An ``infinite'' value for a limit is defined as RLIM_INFINITY
(0x7fffffff).
Because this information is stored in the perprocess information, this
system call must be executed directly by the shell if it is to affect all
future processes created by the shell; lliimmiitt is thus a builtin command
to csh(1).
The system refuses to extend the data or stack space when the limits
would be exceeded in the normal way: a break call fails if the data space
limit is reached. When the stack limit is reached, the process receives
a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV); if this signal is not caught by a handler
using the signal stack, this signal will kill the process.
A file I/O operation that would create a file larger that the process'
soft limit will cause the write to fail and a signal SIGXFSZ to be gener
ated; this normally terminates the process, but may be caught. When the
soft cpu time limit is exceeded, a signal SIGXCPU is sent to the offend
ing process.
RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEESS
A 0 return value indicates that the call succeeded, changing or returning
the resource limit. A return value of 1 indicates that an error oc
curred, and an error code is stored in the global location _e_r_r_n_o.
EERRRROORRSS
GGeettrrlliimmiitt() and sseettrrlliimmiitt() will fail if:
[EFAULT] The address specified for _r_l_p is invalid.
[EPERM] The limit specified to sseettrrlliimmiitt() would have raised the
maximum limit value, and the caller is not the superuser.
SSEEEE AALLSSOO
csh(1), quota(2), sigvec(2), sigstack(2)
BBUUGGSS
There should be lliimmiitt and uunnlliimmiitt commands in sh(1) as well as in csh.
HHIISSTTOORRYY
The ggeettrrlliimmiitt function call appeared in 4.2BSD.
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