Re: [Jack-Devel] memlock unlimited

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DateFri, 11 Feb 2011 13:13:00 -0500
From Paul Davis <[hidden] at linuxaudiosystems dot com>
Toailo <[hidden] at gmail dot com>
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In-Reply-Toailo Re: [Jack-Devel] memlock unlimited
Follow-Uptorbenh Re: [Jack-Devel] memlock unlimited 
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:10 PM, ailo <[hidden]> wrote:
> On 02/11/2011 06:53 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:51 PM, ailo <[hidden]> wrote:
>>> I know this issue has been discussed before.
>>> Is there any real danger in having this in
>>> /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf?:
>>>
>>> @audio   -  memlock    unlimited
>>
>> not really. the warning will be removed from future versions.
>
> Is there any situation where it would be better to use less then
> unlimited memlock?

the only risk is that a rogue app could potentially ask to lock all
memory and this would probably cause a system lockup. but there are
other protections in place against this, and its really a rather
unlikely thing to have happen.
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