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.B RLIMIT_DATA
limit described in
.BR getrlimit (2).
+Another reason could be that
+the number of mappings created by the caller process
+exceeded the limit specified by
+.IR /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count .
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).