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-rw-r--r--src/coreutils.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/coreutils.c b/src/coreutils.c
index 6db5a8f05..63dfa228c 100644
--- a/src/coreutils.c
+++ b/src/coreutils.c
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ launch_program (char const *prog_name, int prog_argc, char **prog_argv)
#endif
#if HAVE_PRCTL && defined PR_SET_MM_ARG_START
/* Shift the beginning of the command line to prog_argv[0] (if set) so
- /proc/pid/cmdline reflects the right value. */
- prctl (PR_SET_MM_ARG_START, prog_argv[0]);
+ /proc/$pid/cmdline reflects a more specific value. Note one needs
+ CAP_SYS_RESOURCE or root privileges for this to succeed. */
+ prctl (PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_ARG_START, prog_argv[0], 0, 0);
#endif
exit (prog_main (prog_argc, prog_argv));