Issue #16595: prlimit() needs Linux kernel 2.6.36+

tiran · tiran · commit c4a4b346a6ca · 2013-10-25T08:31:19.000+02:00
diff --git a/Doc/library/resource.rst b/Doc/library/resource.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ this module for those platforms.
    :exc:`PermissionError` when the user doesn't have ``CAP_SYS_RESOURCE`` for
    the process.
 
-   Availability: Linux (glibc 2.13+)
+   Availability: Linux 2.6.36 or later with glibc 2.13 or later
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_resource.py b/Lib/test/test_resource.py
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ def test_linux_constants(self):
 
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(resource, 'prlimit'), 'no prlimit')
+    @support.requires_linux_version(2, 6, 36)
     def test_prlimit(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, resource.prlimit)
         if os.geteuid() != 0:
