retitle 597225 'nofile' limit set in limits.conf not applied thanks On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:30:44AM -0600, Genocaust wrote: > I have set RSS limits that procs show they should be obeying, but are not.
> cat /etc/security/limits.conf | grep rss > # - rss - max resident set size (KB) > * soft rss 35000 > * hard rss 45000 > sudo cat /proc/9284/limits | grep resident > Max resident set 35840000 46080000 bytes > sudo cat /proc/9284/status | grep RSS > VmRSS: 66220 kB > Did I miss something here, or is this broken? It's debatable whether or not it's broken. The Linux kernel simply does not implement limits on RSS. Retitling the bug to make it clear that this relates to the values of limits specified not being picked up. Limits not respected by the kernel are another matter. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [email protected] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
