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-rw-r--r--kernel/sys.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 2969304c29fe..c578b75d7923 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1576,10 +1576,9 @@ int do_prlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
task_unlock(tsk->group_leader);
/*
- * RLIMIT_CPU handling. Note that the kernel fails to return an error
- * code if it rejected the user's attempt to set RLIMIT_CPU. This is a
- * very long-standing error, and fixing it now risks breakage of
- * applications, so we live with it
+ * RLIMIT_CPU handling. Arm the posix CPU timer if the limit is not
+ * infite. In case of RLIM_INFINITY the posix CPU timer code
+ * ignores the rlimit.
*/
if (!retval && new_rlim && resource == RLIMIT_CPU &&
new_rlim->rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY &&