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prlimit - get and set process resource limits

Authors

       Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org> - In memory of Dennis M. Ritchie.

Availability

       The prlimit command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.40.2                                  2024-05-28                                         PRLIMIT(1)

Description

       Given a process ID and one or more resources, prlimit tries to retrieve and/or modify the limits.

       When command is given, prlimit will run this command with the given arguments.

       The limits parameter is composed of a soft and a hard value, separated by a colon (:), in order to modify
       the existing values. If no limits are given, prlimit will display the current values. If one of the
       values is not given, then the existing one will be used. To specify the unlimited or infinity limit
       (RLIM_INFINITY), the -1 or 'unlimited' string can be passed.

       Because of the nature of limits, the soft limit must be lower or equal to the high limit (also called the
       ceiling). To see all available resource limits, refer to the RESOURCEOPTIONS section.

       •   soft:hard Specify both limits.

       •   soft: Specify only the soft limit.

       •   :hard Specify only the hard limit.

       •   value Specify both limits to the same value.

Examples

prlimit--pid13134
           Display limit values for all current resources.

       prlimit--pid13134--rss--nofile=1024:4095
           Display the limits of the RSS, and set the soft and hard limits for the number of open files to 1024
           and 4095, respectively.

       prlimit--pid13134--nproc=512:
           Modify only the soft limit for the number of processes.

       prlimit--pid$$--nproc=unlimited
           Set for the current process both the soft and ceiling values for the number of processes to
           unlimited.

       prlimit--cpu=10sort-uhugefile
           Set both the soft and hard CPU time limit to ten seconds and run sort(1).

General Options

--noheadings
           Do not print a header line.

       -o, --outputlist
           Define the output columns to use. If no output arrangement is specified, then a default set is used.
           Use --help to get a list of all supported columns.

       -p, --pid
           Specify the process id; if none is given, the running process will be used.

       --raw
           Use the raw output format.

       --verbose
           Verbose mode.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

Name

       prlimit - get and set process resource limits

Notes

       The prlimit(2) system call is supported since Linux 2.6.36, older kernels will break this program.

Reporting Bugs

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

Resource Options

-c, --core[=limits]
           Maximum size of a core file.

       -d, --data[=limits]
           Maximum data size.

       -e, --nice[=limits]
           Maximum nice priority allowed to raise.

       -f, --fsize[=limits]
           Maximum file size.

       -i, --sigpending[=limits]
           Maximum number of pending signals.

       -l, --memlock[=limits]
           Maximum locked-in-memory address space.

       -m, --rss[=limits]
           Maximum Resident Set Size (RSS).

       -n, --nofile[=limits]
           Maximum number of open files.

       -q, --msgqueue[=limits]
           Maximum number of bytes in POSIX message queues.

       -r, --rtprio[=limits]
           Maximum real-time priority.

       -s, --stack[=limits]
           Maximum size of the stack.

       -t, --cpu[=limits]
           CPU time, in seconds.

       -u, --nproc[=limits]
           Maximum number of processes.

       -v, --as[=limits]
           Address space limit.

       -x, --locks[=limits]
           Maximum number of file locks held.

       -y, --rttime[=limits]
           Timeout for real-time tasks.

See Also

ulimit(1p), prlimit(2)

Synopsis

prlimit [options] [--resource[=limits]] [--pidPID]

       prlimit [options] [--resource[=limits]] command [argument...]

See Also