1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index a3873a9318..0b4d4d6746 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -6120,3 +6120,27 @@ int fork_agent(pid_t *pid, const int except[], unsigned n_except, const char *pa
         execv(path, l);
         _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
+
+int setrlimit_closest(int resource, const struct rlimit *rlim) {
+        struct rlimit highest, fixed;
+
+        assert(rlim);
+
+        if (setrlimit(resource, rlim) >= 0)
+                return 0;
+
+        if (errno != EPERM)
+                return -errno;
+
+        /* So we failed to set the desired setrlimit, then let's try
+         * to get as close as we can */
+        assert_se(getrlimit(resource, &highest) == 0);
+
+        fixed.rlim_cur = MIN(rlim->rlim_cur, highest.rlim_max);
+        fixed.rlim_max = MIN(rlim->rlim_max, highest.rlim_max);
+
+        if (setrlimit(resource, &fixed) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        return 0;
+}