Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: syscalls: sys_setrlimit64/sys_getrlimit64 callsto provide FSIZE limits > 2^32-1

From: Michael Kerrisk
Date: Mon Jan 26 2009 - 19:46:29 EST


Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 23 January 2009, narendramind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> The solution to this problem would require new setrlimit64() and
>> getrlimit64() system calls on x86, and the existing 32-bit system calls
>> would need to be retained so that existing binaries would still run.
>
> When adding new syscalls, please Cc: linux-abi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and

Arnd -- I think you meant linux-api, not linux-abi.

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