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    SubjectRe: Rationale for RLIMIT_MEMLOCK?
    Theodore Ts'o wrote:
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    > ... proposed a hack where mlockall() would adjust RLIMIT_MEMLOCK.
    > Yes, no question it's a hack and a special case; the question is
    > whether cure or the disease is worse.

    What about exec? The memory locks are removed on exec but with that
    hack the raised limit would stay. Looks like a security bug.

    Ciao, ET.
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