Re: FW: jackd/ audio apps mini policy
Zenaan Harkness <zen@aaroncommercial.com> writes:
> From: Matthias Urlichs
> > Hi, Jack O'Quin wrote:
> >
> > > So far, no one is sure why CAP_SYS_RESOURCE is needed, but we find
> > > that mlockall() fails without it.
> >
> > For good reason. The resource in question is physical memory. You could
> > lock all the free memory with this program (thereby condemning it to swap
> > death) if you're not VERY careful.
Who is Matthias Urlichs? Has he not been following this discussion?
Is he able to do anything about this mess? How can we contact him?
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Jack O'Quin
Austin, Texas
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