Re: [patch] mlock-as-nonroot revisted

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Jul 29 2004 - 16:34:33 EST


Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Below is a fixed up patch to allow non-root to mlock memory

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?

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?
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