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Resource Limits

RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE (2.6.8)

• Added to support POSIX message queues (new in 2.6.6).
  
  
• Specifies maximum number of bytes that can be allocated for POSIX message queues for the real user ID.
  
  
• Enforced for mq_open(2).
  
  
• Enforcing limit prevents exhaustion of kernel resources.
  
  
• Linux specific.
  
  

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