Hi Eugene,
On 7/8/21 3:10 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
* Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr@xxxxxxxxx>, 2021-07-08, 14:17:
+Original Linux implementation used signed types for limits; that was
changed
+(along with the value of the
+.B RLIM_INFINITY
+constant)
+.\"
http://repo.or.cz/davej-history.git/blobdiff/129f8758d8c41e0378ace0b6e2f56bbb8a1ec694..15305d2e69c3a838bacd78962c07077d2821f255:/include/linux/resource.h
+during 2.4 development cycle, as it wasn't compatible
Oh, interesting.
That would explain why the man page incorrectly claims the upper limit
for RLIMIT_AS is 2 GiB on 32-bit systems.
+Also worth noting that Several architectures decided not to change
s/Several/several/;
or maybe s/Also worth noting that //.
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Thanks,
Alex
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