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diff --git a/bsd/man/man2/getrlimit.2 b/bsd/man/man2/getrlimit.2
index c81379974d786ff36a60b25c36ada7214be400c8..98229e32be701b5dd892a308109bd87c991ee2fe 100644 (file)
--- a/bsd/man/man2/getrlimit.2
+++ b/bsd/man/man2/getrlimit.2
@@ -41,13 +41,17 @@
 .Nm setrlimit
 .Nd control maximum system resource consumption
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm setrlimit
 .Nd control maximum system resource consumption
 .Sh SYNOPSIS

-.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
-.Fd #include <sys/time.h>

 .Fd #include <sys/resource.h>
 .Ft int
 .Fd #include <sys/resource.h>
 .Ft int

-.Fn getrlimit "int resource" "struct rlimit *rlp"
+.Fo getrlimit
+.Fa "int resource"
+.Fa "struct rlimit *rlp"
+.Fc

 .Ft int
 .Ft int

-.Fn setrlimit "int resource" "const struct rlimit *rlp"
+.Fo setrlimit
+.Fa "int resource"
+.Fa "const struct rlimit *rlp"
+.Fc

 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 Limits on the consumption of system resources by the current process
 and each process it creates may be obtained with the
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 Limits on the consumption of system resources by the current process
 and each process it creates may be obtained with the


@@ -60,35 +64,45 @@ The
 .Fa resource
 parameter is one of the following:
 .Bl -tag -width RLIMIT_FSIZEAA
 .Fa resource
 parameter is one of the following:
 .Bl -tag -width RLIMIT_FSIZEAA

+.\" ========

 .It Li RLIMIT_CORE
 The largest size (in bytes)
 .Xr core
 file that may be created.
 .It Li RLIMIT_CORE
 The largest size (in bytes)
 .Xr core
 file that may be created.

+.\" ========

 .It Li RLIMIT_CPU
 The maximum amount of cpu time (in seconds) to be used by
 each process.
 .It Li RLIMIT_CPU
 The maximum amount of cpu time (in seconds) to be used by
 each process.

+.\" ========

 .It Li 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
 .Xr sbrk 2
 system call.
 .It Li 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
 .Xr sbrk 2
 system call.

+.\" ========

 .It Li RLIMIT_FSIZE
 The largest size (in bytes) file that may be created.
 .It Li RLIMIT_FSIZE
 The largest size (in bytes) file that may be created.

+.\" ========

 .It Li RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
 The maximum size (in bytes) which a process may lock into memory
 using the
 .Xr mlock 2
 function.
 .It Li RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
 The maximum size (in bytes) which a process may lock into memory
 using the
 .Xr mlock 2
 function.

+.\" ========

 .It Li RLIMIT_NOFILE
 The maximum number of open files for this process.
 .It Li RLIMIT_NOFILE
 The maximum number of open files for this process.

+.\" ========

 .It Li RLIMIT_NPROC
 The maximum number of simultaneous processes for this user id.
 .It Li RLIMIT_NPROC
 The maximum number of simultaneous processes for this user id.

+.\" ========

 .It Li RLIMIT_RSS
 .It Li 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
+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 processes that are exceeding their declared resident set size.
 from processes that are exceeding their declared resident set size.

+.\" ========

 .It Li 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.
 .It Li 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.


@@ -117,11 +131,6 @@ within the range from 0 to
 or (irreversibly) lower
 .Fa rlim_max .
 .Pp
 or (irreversibly) lower
 .Fa rlim_max .
 .Pp

-An
-.Dq infinite
-value for a limit is defined as
-.Dv RLIM_INFINITY .
-.Pp

 Because this information is stored in the per-process information,
 this system call must be executed directly by the shell if it
 is to affect all future processes created by the shell;
 Because this information is stored in the per-process information,
 this system call must be executed directly by the shell if it
 is to affect all future processes created by the shell;


@@ -161,28 +170,61 @@ that an error occurred, and an error code is stored in the global
 location
 .Va errno .
 .Sh ERRORS
 location
 .Va errno .
 .Sh ERRORS

-.Fn Getrlimit
+The
+.Fn getrlimit

 and
 .Fn setrlimit
 and
 .Fn setrlimit

-will fail if:
+system calls will fail if:

 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .Bl -tag -width Er

+.\" ==========

 .It Bq Er EFAULT
 The address specified for
 .Fa rlp
 is invalid.
 .It Bq Er EFAULT
 The address specified for
 .Fa rlp
 is invalid.

-.It Bq Er EPERM
-The limit specified to
+.\" ==========
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+.Fa resource
+is invalid.
+.El
+.Pp
+The

 .Fn setrlimit
 .Fn setrlimit

-would have
-raised the maximum limit value, and the caller is not the super-user.
+call will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.\" ==========
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+The specified limit is invalid
+(e.g., RLIM_INFINITY or lower than rlim_cur).
+.\" ==========
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+The limit specified would have raised the maximum limit value
+and the caller is not the super-user.

 .El
 .El

+.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/time.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/resource.h>
+.Pp
+The include files
+.In sys/types.h
+and
+.In sys/time.h
+are necessary.
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+.Fn setrlimit
+now returns with
+.Va errno
+set to EINVAL in places that historically succeeded.
+It no longer accepts "rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY" for RLIM_NOFILE.
+Use "rlim_cur = min(OPEN_MAX, rlim_max)".

 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr csh 1 ,
 .Xr sh 1 ,
 .Xr quota 2 ,
 .Xr sigaction 2 ,
 .Xr sigaltstack 2 ,
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr csh 1 ,
 .Xr sh 1 ,
 .Xr quota 2 ,
 .Xr sigaction 2 ,
 .Xr sigaltstack 2 ,

-.Xr sysctl 3
+.Xr sysctl 3 ,
+.Xr compat 5

 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Fn getrlimit
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Fn getrlimit