On 6/22/2015 6:40 PM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
That doesn't (necessarily) address the issue I was raising about an out of control app wreaking havoc on the rest of the system. Just a different flavor of havoc.
Yes, it does. The kernel isn't there to baby sit. It's there to allocate resources when processes request them. It is up to you, the user or the administrator, to manage those processes. It isn't the kernel's responsibility to do this for you.
Hint: man prlimit -- Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
