Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process

From	Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process
Date	2021-07-06 06:30 +0200
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Victor Sudakov wrote:
> 
> FreeBSD has a simple way to run some ad-hoc program with memory limits:
> 
> $ limits -m 2G ./mytest
>   memoryuse             2097152 kB
>   vmemoryuse           infinity kB
> $ limits -m 1G ./mytest
>   memoryuse             1048576 kB
>   vmemoryuse           infinity kB
> 
> How do I do the same in Linux (without root permissions)?

The short answer is /usr/bin/prlimit, it's the direct equivalent of
FreeBSD's /usr/bin/limits wrapper.

Thanks to all who replied especially Greg Wooledge!


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Victor Sudakov VAS4-RIPE
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Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> - 2021-07-05 05:40 +0200
  Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-05 14:00 +0200
    Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> - 2021-07-05 18:00 +0200
      Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> - 2021-07-05 18:10 +0200
        Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-05 19:00 +0200
          Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> - 2021-07-06 04:50 +0200
            Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-07-06 05:10 +0200
              Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-06 05:20 +0200
              Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-06 05:20 +0200
                Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> - 2021-07-06 06:30 +0200
              Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> - 2021-07-06 06:40 +0200
  Re: Limit memory consumption of an ad hoc process Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> - 2021-07-06 06:30 +0200

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