RFC: All glibc machine maintainers: Is " RLIM_INFINITY as ((__rlim_t) -1)" OK?

[Roland McGrath]

> and I notice that i386 has bit of code encapsulating the rlimit calls
> which translates between RLIM_INFINITY and "RLIM_INFINITY >> 1" in
> certain situations.

It would be nice if someone could research the details and history of that
(both in libc and on the kernel side) and follow up here for our archived
edification.


Thanks,
Roland