ulimit -m documentation incorrect
Bug #378595 reported by
lesshaste
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bash (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
In Hardy, ulimit -m does not (seem to) set a hard limit on the resident set size. This is documentation bug.
On Hardy:
man bash gives
-m the maximum resident set size
On Fedora8:
man bash gives
-m The maximum resident set size (has no effect on Linux)
bash 4 document says: -m The maximum resident set size (many systems do not honor this limit)
There is a discussion about ulimit -m and what is does and doesn't do for the 2.4 kernel at least at http://
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Examples:
(ulimit -v 0; exec top)
Killed
(ulimit -m 0; exec top)
runs top even though the resident set size was set to zero.