Bug 142791 - RLIMIT_CPU/SIGXCPU should be per-process, not per-thread
Summary: RLIMIT_CPU/SIGXCPU should be per-process, not per-thread
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Roland McGrath
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Depends On: 133460 142792
Blocks: FC4Target
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-12-14 04:11 UTC by Roland McGrath
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: FC4
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-08-09 07:02:48 UTC
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patch posted upstream (7.43 KB, patch)
2004-12-14 04:11 UTC, Roland McGrath 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Roland McGrath 2004-12-14 04:11:55 UTC 
Description of problem:
RLIMIT_CPU applies to individual thread CPU use, but POSIX says it should apply
to aggregate CPU use by the whole process.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.9

Additional info:

Tracking bug for upstream work.
Comment 1 Roland McGrath 2004-12-14 04:11:55 UTC 
Created attachment 108492 [details]
patch posted upstream
Comment 2 Roland McGrath 2005-03-13 04:14:50 UTC 
My changes are in Linus's tree now, hopefully in 2.6.12
Comment 3 Roland McGrath 2005-04-24 01:11:51 UTC 
Rawhide 2.6.12rcN kernels have this.
Comment 4 Roland McGrath 2005-08-09 07:02:48 UTC 
All good in FC4.
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