glibc/sysdeps/generic/vlimit.c

/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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/* This is generic in the sense that it will work with the BSD, SYSV,
   or stub versions of getrlimit.  Separate versions could be written
   for efficiency, but it's probably not worth it.  */

#include <sys/vlimit.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <errno.h>

/* Set the soft limit for RESOURCE to be VALUE.
   Returns 0 for success, -1 for failure.  */
int
vlimit (resource, value)
     enum __vlimit_resource resource;
     int value;
{
  if (resource >= LIM_CPU && resource <= LIM_MAXRSS)
    {
      /* The rlimit codes happen to each be one less
	 than the corresponding vlimit codes.  */
      enum __rlimit_resource rlimit_res =
	(enum __rlimit_resource) ((int) resource - 1);
      struct rlimit lims;

      if (getrlimit (rlimit_res, &lims) < 0)
	return -1;

      lims.rlim_cur = value;
      return setrlimit (rlimit_res, &lims);
    }

  __set_errno (EINVAL);
  return -1;
}