On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Zou Min wrote: > I tried type "ulimit -Hm 4250" in my bash, in order to limit the RSS of all > the proccesses forked by the bash to 4250 KB. > > However, when I did a "make" the my bash, the "pstree" showed > "bash---make---sh---sh---make---g++---cc1plus", the RSS of "cc1plus" can still > be over 20MB. (And later I tried "ulimit -Hm 2", still no effect at all) > > I am using linux-2.4.18. Shall I try other kernel versions? and which ones? I've implemented RSS limits in the -rmap VM. Note, however, that excess RSS of processes is _not_ swapped out if there is enough memory available... Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
