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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/mlock.217
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/mlockall.217
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/mlock.2 b/lib/libc/sys/mlock.2
index ed9c15a..0e5fef8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/mlock.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/mlock.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)mlock.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 27, 2010
+.Dd December 25, 2012
.Dt MLOCK 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -94,12 +94,15 @@ limited in how much they can lock down.
A single process can
.Fn mlock
the minimum of
-a system-wide ``wired pages'' limit and
-the per-process
+a system-wide ``wired pages'' limit
+.Va vm.max_wired
+and the per-process
.Li RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
resource limit.
.Pp
-These calls are only available to the super-user.
+If
+.Va security.bsd.unprivileged_mlock
+is set to 0 these calls are only available to the super-user.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std
.Pp
@@ -112,7 +115,8 @@ system call
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EPERM
-The caller is not the super-user.
+.Va security.bsd.unprivileged_mlock
+is set to 0 and the caller is not the super-user.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The address given is not page aligned or the length is negative.
.It Bq Er EAGAIN
@@ -129,7 +133,8 @@ system call
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EPERM
-The caller is not the super-user.
+.Va security.bsd.unprivileged_mlock
+is set to 0 and the caller is not the super-user.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The address given is not page aligned or the length is negative.
.It Bq Er ENOMEM
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/mlockall.2 b/lib/libc/sys/mlockall.2
index 54ae23e..23c644a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/mlockall.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/mlockall.2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 27, 2010
+.Dd December 25, 2012
.Dt MLOCKALL 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -68,11 +68,22 @@ Since physical memory is a potentially scarce resource, processes are
limited in how much they can lock down.
A single process can lock the minimum of a system-wide
.Dq wired pages
-limit and the per-process
+limit
+.Va vm.max_wired
+and the per-process
.Dv RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
resource limit.
.Pp
-These calls are only available to the super-user.
+If
+.Va security.bsd.unprivileged_mlock
+is set to 0 these calls are only available to the super-user.
+If
+.Va vm.old_mlock
+is set to 1 the per-process
+.Dv RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
+resource limit will not be applied for
+.Fn mlockall
+calls.
.Pp
The
.Fn munlockall
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