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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/mach/hurd/setrlimit.c11
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/setrlimit.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/setrlimit.c
index 8f3db529f8..29f91cf926 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/setrlimit.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/setrlimit.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991,92,93,94,97,98,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991,92,93,94,97,98,2000,01 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -38,12 +38,9 @@ __setrlimit (enum __rlimit_resource resource, const struct rlimit *rlimits)
lim = *rlimits;
- if (lim.rlim_max != RLIM_INFINITY)
- {
- /* We have no enforceable resource limits. */
- errno = ENOSYS;
- return -1;
- }
+ /* Even though most limits do nothing, there is no inheritance, and hard
+ limits are not really hard, we just let any old call succeed to make
+ life easier for programs that expect normal behavior. */
if (lim.rlim_cur > lim.rlim_max)
lim.rlim_cur = lim.rlim_max;