Subject: kern/888: RLIMIT_NPROC poorly documented
To: None <gnats-admin@NetBSD.ORG>
From: None <barrett@ee.und.ac.za>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/21/1995 08:20:04
>Number: 888
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: The RLIMIT_NPROC limit is not properly documented
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 21 08:20:02 1995
>Originator: Alan Barrett
>Organization:
some
>Release: NetBSD-current 1995-01-29
>Environment:
System: NetBSD daisy.ee.und.ac.za 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (DAISY) #0: Sun Jan 29 18:06:13 GMT+0200 1995 barrett@daisy.ee.und.ac.za:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/DAISY i386
>Description:
The man page for getrlimit(2)/setrlimit(2) does not mention
the RLIMIT_NPROC limit. The man page for fork(2) refers to
MAXUPRC instead of to RLIMIT_NPROC.
>How-To-Repeat:
man 2 getrlimit
man 2 setrlimit
man 2 fork
>Fix:
Update the man pages to match what the kernel actually does.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: