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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Linux-2.6.11-rc5: kernel/sys.c setrlimit() RLIMIT_RSS
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<stone_wang@sohu.com> wrote:
>
> $ ulimit  -m 100000
>  bash: ulimit: max memory size: cannot modify limit: Function not implemented

I don't know about this.  The change could cause existing applications and
scripts to fail.  Sure, we'll do that sometimes but this doesn't seem
important enough.