Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:52:25 -0500
From: Jon DeVree <jadevree@mtu.edu>
To: linux mailing-list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to determine the start of DATA segment
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On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 10:37:25AM -0600, Ram Gupta wrote:
> Is there a system call or library function which a process can use to
> determine the start of its data segment . I need to know the start of
> the data segment so that process does not cross its DATA limit. Using
> this information & sbrk it knows how much data space is already used &
> how much it can grow further without crossing the limit.

I think getrlimit() might be what you are looking for.
--=20
Jon
"RISC architecture is gonna change everything." -Kate Libby

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