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Subject: Re: can't mlockall() more than 128MB, is this a kernel limitiation ?
From: "Robert H. de Vries" <rhdv () rhdv ! cistron ! nl>
Date: 2000-08-06 14:50:19
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On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
>> IMHO, an ordinary user may only lock a limited amount of memory. Maybe it
>> is wise to specify a certain amount which may *not* be locked. This memory
>> is reserved for the rest of the processes.
>
>Right now Linux isnt tracking per user resources. You need the beancounter
>addons to implement per user memory like that
I think Linus has just (test6-pre series) put this facility in the kernel.
See the new kernel/user.c.
Robert
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