> Rik> Wouldn't it be better to simply take the soft limit down to
> Rik> min(new_rlim.rlim_cur, new_rlim.rlim_max) ?
>
> Single unix spec says to return EINVAL in this case.
>
> [EINVAL]
> An invalid resource was specified; or in a setrlimit() call, the new
> rlim_cur exceeds the new rlim_max.
So how about "the old rlim_cur exceeds the new rlim_max" ? ;)
Rik
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