1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2004-2008  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
3  * Copyright (C) 2000, 2001  Internet Software Consortium.
4  *
5  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
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16  */
17 
18 /* $Id: resource.h,v 1.13 2008/07/11 23:47:09 tbox Exp $ */
19 
20 #ifndef ISC_RESOURCE_H
21 #define ISC_RESOURCE_H 1
22 
23 /*! \file isc/resource.h */
24 
25 #include <isc/lang.h>
26 #include <isc/types.h>
27 
28 #define ISC_RESOURCE_UNLIMITED ((isc_resourcevalue_t)ISC_UINT64_MAX)
29 
30 ISC_LANG_BEGINDECLS
31 
32 isc_result_t
33 isc_resource_setlimit(isc_resource_t resource, isc_resourcevalue_t value);
34 /*%<
35  * Set the maximum limit for a system resource.
36  *
37  * Notes:
38  *\li	If 'value' exceeds the maximum possible on the operating system,
39  *	it is silently limited to that maximum -- or to "infinity", if
40  *	the operating system has that concept.  #ISC_RESOURCE_UNLIMITED
41  *	can be used to explicitly ask for the maximum.
42  *
43  * Requires:
44  *\li	'resource' is a valid member of the isc_resource_t enumeration.
45  *
46  * Returns:
47  *\li	#ISC_R_SUCCESS	Success.
48  *\li	#ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED	'resource' is not a type known by the OS.
49  *\li	#ISC_R_NOPERM	The calling process did not have adequate permission
50  *			to change the resource limit.
51  */
52 
53 isc_result_t
54 isc_resource_getlimit(isc_resource_t resource, isc_resourcevalue_t *value);
55 /*%<
56  * Get the maximum limit for a system resource.
57  *
58  * Notes:
59  *\li	'value' is set to the maximum limit.
60  *
61  *\li	#ISC_RESOURCE_UNLIMITED is the maximum value of isc_resourcevalue_t.
62  *
63  *\li	On many (all?) Unix systems, RLIM_INFINITY is a valid value that is
64  *	significantly less than #ISC_RESOURCE_UNLIMITED, but which in practice
65  *	behaves the same.
66  *
67  *\li	The current ISC libdns configuration file parser assigns a value
68  *	of ISC_UINT32_MAX for a size_spec of "unlimited" and ISC_UNIT32_MAX - 1
69  *	for "default", the latter of which is supposed to represent "the
70  *	limit that was in force when the server started".  Since these are
71  *	valid values in the middle of the range of isc_resourcevalue_t,
72  *	there is the possibility for confusion over what exactly those
73  *	particular values are supposed to represent in a particular context --
74  *	discrete integral values or generalized concepts.
75  *
76  * Requires:
77  *\li	'resource' is a valid member of the isc_resource_t enumeration.
78  *
79  * Returns:
80  *\li	#ISC_R_SUCCESS		Success.
81  *\li	#ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED	'resource' is not a type known by the OS.
82  */
83 
84 isc_result_t
85 isc_resource_getcurlimit(isc_resource_t resource, isc_resourcevalue_t *value);
86 /*%<
87  * Same as isc_resource_getlimit(), but returns the current (soft) limit.
88  *
89  * Returns:
90  *\li	#ISC_R_SUCCESS		Success.
91  *\li	#ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED	'resource' is not a type known by the OS.
92  */
93 
94 ISC_LANG_ENDDECLS
95 
96 #endif /* ISC_RESOURCE_H */
97 
98