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Document RLIMIT_AS. While here, correct an insertion sort error.

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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)getrlimit.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dd June 13, 2004
.Dt GETRLIMIT 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ The
.Fa resource
argument is one of the following:
.Bl -tag -width RLIMIT_FSIZEAA
.It Li RLIMIT_AS
The maximum amount (in bytes) of virtual memory the process is
allowed to map.
.It Li RLIMIT_CORE
The largest size (in bytes)
.Xr core 5
@ -90,14 +93,14 @@ grow.
This imposes a limit on the amount of physical memory to be given to
a process; if memory is tight, the system will prefer to take memory
from processes that are exceeding their declared resident set size.
.It Li RLIMIT_STACK
The maximum size (in bytes) of the stack segment for a process;
this defines how far a program's stack segment may be extended.
Stack extension is performed automatically by the system.
.It Li RLIMIT_SBSIZE
The maximum size (in bytes) of socket buffer usage for this user.
This limits the amount of network memory, and hence the amount of
mbufs, that this user may hold at any time.
.It Li RLIMIT_STACK
The maximum size (in bytes) of the stack segment for a process;
this defines how far a program's stack segment may be extended.
Stack extension is performed automatically by the system.
.El
.Pp
A resource limit is specified as a soft limit and a hard limit. When a