2001-03-24 17:26:10

by Alex Riesen

Subject: tmpfs: a way to get your system down

Hi, all,

just hit by tmpfs on 2.4.2-ac20

mount -t tmpfs mnt
dd if=/dev/zero mnt/tmpfile

resulted in hardly slowed system and lockup,
and not in "No space left on device", as expected.

Alex Riesen

2001-03-27 13:14:11

by Christoph Rohland

Subject: Re: tmpfs: a way to get your system down

Hi Alex,

On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Alex Riesen wrote:
> just hit by tmpfs on 2.4.2-ac20
>
> mount -t tmpfs mnt
> dd if=/dev/zero mnt/tmpfile
>
> resulted in hardly slowed system and lockup,
> and not in "No space left on device", as expected.

Use mount option "size". The default is unlimited...

Greetings
Christoph