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getrlimit.2: Resource limits are process-wide attributes shared by all threads 

This was already noted in pthreads(7), but bears repeating here.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ inherits its parent's resource limits.
Resource limits are preserved across Resource limits are preserved across
.BR execve (2). .BR execve (2).
.PP .PP
Resource limits are per-process attributes that are shared
by all of the threads in a process.
.PP
Lowering the soft limit for a resource below the process's Lowering the soft limit for a resource below the process's
current consumption of that resource will succeed current consumption of that resource will succeed
(but will prevent the process from further increasing (but will prevent the process from further increasing