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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/bsd/ulimit.c14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/bsd/ulimit.c b/sysdeps/unix/bsd/ulimit.c
index ed9695b845..91d77e926a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/bsd/ulimit.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/bsd/ulimit.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -60,8 +60,16 @@ ulimit (int cmd, ...)
       {
 	long int newlimit = va_arg (va, long int);
 
-	limit.rlim_cur = newlimit * 512;
-	limit.rlim_max = newlimit * 512;
+	if ((rlim_t) newlimit > RLIM_INFINITY / 512)
+	  {
+	    limit.rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
+	    limit.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
+	  }
+	else
+	  {
+	    limit.rlim_cur = newlimit * 512;
+	    limit.rlim_max = newlimit * 512;
+	  }
 
 	result = setrlimit (RLIMIT_FSIZE, &limit);
       }