Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262914AbUDAN7V (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 08:59:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262915AbUDAN7V (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 08:59:21 -0500 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:19677 "EHLO dualathlon.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262914AbUDAN7U (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2004 08:59:20 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:59:20 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kenneth.w.chen@intel.com Subject: disable-cap-mlock Message-ID: <20040401135920.GF18585@dualathlon.random> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/68B9CB43 13D9 8355 295F 4823 7C49 C012 DFA1 686E 68B9 CB43 X-PGP-Key: 1024R/CB4660B9 CC A0 71 81 F4 A0 63 AC C0 4B 81 1D 8C 15 C8 E5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 692 Lines: 15 Oracle needs this sysctl, I designed it and Ken Chen implemented it. I guess google also won't dislike it. This is a lot simpler than the mlock rlimit and this is people really need (not the rlimit). The rlimit thing can still be applied on top of this. This should be more efficient too (besides its simplicity). can you apply to mainline? http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/patches/v2.6/2.6.5-rc3-aa1/disable-cap-mlock-1 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/