The documentation for ignore_rlimit_data says that it will print a warning at first misuse. Yet it doesn't seem to do that. Fix the code to print the warning even when we allow the process to continue. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- We should probably also do what Linus suggested in https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/9/16/585 mm/mmap.c | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index 9efdc021..dd76ea3 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -3184,13 +3184,15 @@ bool may_expand_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, vm_flags_t flags, unsigned long npages) if (rlimit(RLIMIT_DATA) == 0 && mm->data_vm + npages <= rlimit_max(RLIMIT_DATA) >> PAGE_SHIFT) return true; - if (!ignore_rlimit_data) { - pr_warn_once("%s (%d): VmData %lu exceed data ulimit %lu. Update limits or use boot option ignore_rlimit_data.\n", - current->comm, current->pid, - (mm->data_vm + npages) << PAGE_SHIFT, - rlimit(RLIMIT_DATA)); + + pr_warn_once("%s (%d): VmData %lu exceed data ulimit %lu. Update limits%s.\n", + current->comm, current->pid, + (mm->data_vm + npages) << PAGE_SHIFT, + rlimit(RLIMIT_DATA), + ignore_rlimit_data ? "" : " or use boot option ignore_rlimit_data"); + + if (!ignore_rlimit_data) return false; - } } return true; -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>