Re: [RFC][PATCH] mm: Fix RLIMIT_MEMLOCK

[Ingo Molnar]

* KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> I'm unhappy you guys uses offensive word so much. Please cool down all
> >> you guys. :-/ In fact, _BOTH_ the behavior before and after Cristoph's
> >> patch doesn't have cleaner semantics.
> >
> > Erm, this feature _regressed_ after the patch. All other concerns are
> > secondary. What's so difficult to understand about that?
> 
> Because it is not new commit at all. Christoph's patch was introduced
> 10 releases before.

That's indeed sad - resource limits are not typically tested by apps. The 
lack of Cc:s to people affected also helped hide the effects of the 
change.

> $ git describe bc3e53f682
> v3.1-7235-gbc3e53f
> 
> If we just revert it, we may get another and opposite regression report. 
> I'm worried about it. Moreover, I don't think discussion better fix is 
> too difficult for us.

Sure, I agree that a fix is generally better.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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