Re: [patch] jiffies wraparound [Re: 2.1.125 Show stopper list: Draft]

Ulrich Drepper (drepper@cygnus.com)
21 Oct 1998 19:06:55 -0700


Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:

> I much prefer a "getpagesize()" system call on architectures that need it,
> instead of needlessly polluting some configuration space.

But we need many different informations from the kernel. Just a few
which pop into my mind: pagesize, max fds/system, max fds/user, total
number processors, number processors online.

I suggested several times to add this functionality to sysctl which is
already there and flexible enough.

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