+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #237211 +++ Description of problem: Bash's ulimit -m has no effect because the kernel can not control the amount of rss memory per process. Please update the man page to show that this option has no effect on Linux systems. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Any version I can find from AS2-1 to RHEL5. How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. view man page. 2. search for limit, 3. see section on -m, note that it doesn't work. Actual results: See -m The maximum resident set size Expected results: -m The maximum resident set size (Has no effect on Linux systems) Additional info: Jwhiter shows that the kernel or userspace applications do not adhere to this limit in bugzilla 220657. Upstreams bash man pages also seem to have the same issue.
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builtins(1) is a part of bash package.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 220657 ***