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Authored by des on May 27 2026, 8:48 AM.
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Summary

Historical precedent seems pretty consistent: size limits have singular
names, number limits have plural names. RLIMIT_VMM broke this, and I
made matters worse by referring to this limit as “vmms” in limits(1).
Consistently use “vms” everywhere user-visible, while leaving the
question of whether or not to rename RLIMIT_VMM itself for another day.

Fixes: 1092ec8b3375 ("kern: Introduce RLIMIT_VMM")
Fixes: 53af2026f213 ("limits: Unbreak after RLIMIT_VMM addition")

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