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RLIMIT_RSS ceased to have any effect in 2.4 in kernel 2.4.30. 

(It already didn't have any effect in 2.2.x and 2.6.x.)
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Michael Kerrisk 2005-07-13 13:05:56 +00:00
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@ -264,13 +264,14 @@ fails with the error
.B RLIMIT_RSS .B RLIMIT_RSS
Specifies the limit (in pages) of the process's resident set Specifies the limit (in pages) of the process's resident set
(the number of virtual pages resident in RAM). (the number of virtual pages resident in RAM).
This limit only has effect in Linux 2.4.x, and there only This limit only has effect in Linux 2.4.x, x < 30, and there only
affects calls to affects calls to
.BR madvise () .BR madvise ()
specifying specifying
.BR MADV_WILLNEED . .BR MADV_WILLNEED .
.\" As at kernel 2.6.12, this limit still does nothing in 2.6 though .\" As at kernel 2.6.12, this limit still does nothing in 2.6 though
.\" talk of making it do something continues in LKML -- MTK, Jul 05 .\" talk of making it do something has surfaced from time to time in LKML
.\" -- MTK, Jul 05
.TP .TP
.BR RLIMIT_SIGPENDING " (Since Linux 2.6.8)" .BR RLIMIT_SIGPENDING " (Since Linux 2.6.8)"
Specifies the limit on the number of signals Specifies the limit on the number of signals