Re: 64-bit rlimits

From: Theodore Tso
Date: Mon Jul 28 2008 - 16:26:09 EST


On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 07:30:29PM +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Having in-kernel 32-bit AND 64-bit rlimits is plain wrong, sorry.

For backwards compatibility reasons, if we want to support 64-bit
rlimits on an 32-bit x86 architectures, it is inevitable. It is the
only correct way to do things.

- Ted
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