2 files changed, 27 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;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index 3f4e49e6bc..c487b702bf 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 
 #include "macro.h"
 
@@ -531,4 +532,6 @@ int fd_inc_rcvbuf(int fd, size_t n);
 
 int fork_agent(pid_t *pid, const int except[], unsigned n_except, const char *path, ...);
 
+int setrlimit_closest(int resource, const struct rlimit *rlim);
+
 #endif