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whatsnew: rewrite resource entry: prlimit and new constants.

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R David Murray 2014-03-06 12:47:31 -05:00
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resource resource
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New :func:`resource.prlimit` function and Linux specific constants. New :func:`~resource.prlimit` function, available on Linux platforms with a
(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`16595` and :issue:`19324`.) kernel version of 2.6.36 or later and glibc of 2.13 or later, provides the
ability to query or set the resource limits for processes other than the one
making the call. (Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`16595`.)
On Linux kernel version 2.6.36 or later, there are there are also some new
Linux specific constants: :attr:`~resource.RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE`,
:attr:`~resource.RLIMIT_NICE`, :attr:`~resource.RLIMIT_RTPRIO`,
:attr:`~resource.RLIMIT_RTTIME`, and :attr:`~resource.RLIMIT_SIGPENDING`.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`19324`.)
On FreeBSD version 9 and later, there some new FreeBSD specific constants:
:attr:`~resource.RLIMIT_SBSIZE`, :attr:`~resource.RLIMIT_SWAP`, and
:attr:`~resource.RLIMIT_NPTS`. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in
:issue:`19343`.)
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