Re: "per-process" limits (was: Showstopper list)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:24:50 +0100 (BST)

> This seems nice and simple, but not very generic in the sense that
> there are properties shared by groups of tasks that aren't just
> counters (e.g. when the group was last scheduled).

I think in a world of task groups you may well stick the beancounters in
the relevant task group struct instead

> user-level limits are a great thing, I don't think that user ID should
> be the starting point for implementing a limit system. Instead, you

Nothing says the luid matches the uids. It does in SCO, but Im treating
it as an arbitary charge number - its your departmental code for accounting
or whatever.

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