Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:21:05 -0500 (EST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Linux-2.6.11-rc5: kernel/sys.c setrlimit() RLIMIT_RSS cleanup |
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 stone_wang@sohu.com wrote:
> ulimit dont enforce RLIMIT_RSS now,while sys_setrlimit() pretend > it(RLIMIT_RSS) is enforced. > > This may cause confusion to users, and may lead to un-guaranteed > dependence on "ulimit -m" to limit users/applications. > > The patch fixed the problem.
Some kernels do enforce the RSS rlimit. Your patch could break systems that have the RSS rlimit in their configuration files because they used to run a kernel that enforces the RSS rlimit.
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