Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:27:57 +0100
From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: Rationale for RLIMIT_MEMLOCK?
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Matthias Andree schrieb am 2006-01-25:

> What if the limit were RLIM_INFINITY for root processes instead of
> hacking mlockall() and the resource checks?

OK, reading Edgar's hint, the answer is "It's a bad idea."

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Matthias Andree
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