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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index 8623c30..268349d 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -1101,8 +1101,21 @@ includes the start, end, and the part of the string that matched. resource -------- -New :func:`resource.prlimit` function and Linux specific constants. -(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`16595` and :issue:`19324`.) +New :func:`~resource.prlimit` function, available on Linux platforms with a +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`.) select |