RE: [PATCH] Re: reliability of linux-vm subsystem

2000-11-14 Thread Chris Swiedler
> > Good, so the OOM killer works. > > But it doesn't work for this kind of application misbehaviours (or > user attacks): > > main() { while(1) if (fork()) malloc(1); } This seems to be a fork() bomb, not a VM issue. The system is overwhelmed by the the forks, not by the space consumed by the al

Re: [PATCH] Re: reliability of linux-vm subsystem

2000-11-14 Thread Szabolcs Szakacsits
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Erik Mouw wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 10:50:05PM +0100, Szabolcs Szakacsits wrote: > > But it doesn't work for this kind of application misbehaviours (or > > user attacks): > > main() { while(1) if (fork()) malloc(1); } > Proper process limits stop the fork bomb. You co

Re: [PATCH] Re: reliability of linux-vm subsystem

2000-11-14 Thread Helge Hafting
Michael Peddemors wrote: > > > up to the sysadmin to enforce the policy. For the home user it means > > that the distribution providers have to set decent limits, > > What is decent today may not be with tommorows' newest softwares > Which is why you upgrade your distribution now and then.

Re: [PATCH] Re: reliability of linux-vm subsystem

2000-11-13 Thread Michael Peddemors
> up to the sysadmin to enforce the policy. For the home user it means > that the distribution providers have to set decent limits, What is decent today may not be with tommorows' newest softwares > for enterprises it means that they have to hire a sysadmin. That is one of the reasons that

Re: [PATCH] Re: reliability of linux-vm subsystem

2000-11-13 Thread Erik Mouw
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 10:50:05PM +0100, Szabolcs Szakacsits wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 Erik Mouw wrote: > > Good, so the OOM killer works. > > But it doesn't work for this kind of application misbehaviours (or > user attacks): > > main() { while(1) if (fork()) malloc(1); } Proper process l

[PATCH] Re: reliability of linux-vm subsystem

2000-11-13 Thread Szabolcs Szakacsits
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 Erik Mouw wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 05:29:48PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > System becomes useless till all of the instance of this programming are > > killed by vmm. > Good, so the OOM killer works. But it doesn't work for this kind of application misbehaviou