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getrlimit.2: Glibc's setrlimit() and getrlimit() are implemented using prlimit() 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-05-16 13:35:31 +02:00
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@ -542,6 +542,15 @@ For backward compatibility, glibc also provides
.BR vlimit ().
All new applications should be written using
.BR setrlimit ().
.SS C library/ kernel ABI differences
Since version 2.13, the glibc
.BR getrlimit ()
and
.BR setrlimit ()
wrapper functions no longer invoke the corresponding system calls,
but instead employ
.BR prlimit (),
for the reasons described in BUGS.
.SH BUGS
.\" FIXME prlimit() does not suffer
.\" https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5042