Re: [patch] mlock-as-nonroot revisted

[Rik van Riel]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Andrew Morton wrote:

> I seem to recall that Andrea identified reasons why per-user mlock
> limits were fundamentally broken/unsuitable, but I forget the details.  
> Perhaps he could remind us?

Fixed in the current patch.

> As for this patch: it's a new capability which will get basically zero
> testing for the next year, which is a worry.  How have you tested it, and
> how much?

It's been in RHEL3 for a while now.  First with the
the mistake Andrea identified, but that code's been
fixed too now...

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Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
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