The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low memory pressure

Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem... by azinman2 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @04:51PM (#20629506)

True — I forgot about this. But can you do that on a process via some config _before_ the process is created?

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Re:The Linux kernel's inability to gracefully handle low mem... by jimpudar on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:43PM (#20639463)

Yeah, usually you call ulimit before calling the process. The new process inherits the limits. If you want to modify the limits of an _existing_ process, you can use prlimit.

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