Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:03:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:03:25 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust128.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.128]:27384 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:03:24 -0400 Subject: RE: Killing/balancing processes when overcommited From: Alan Cox To: Thunder from the hill Cc: Jim Sibley , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Giuliano Pochini , riel@conectiva.com.br In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-7) Date: 13 Sep 2002 00:08:37 +0100 Message-Id: <1031872117.6972.0.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 615 Lines: 17 On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 22:15, Thunder from the hill wrote: > Hi, > > On 12 Sep 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > > Because I've run real world large systems before. Ulimit is at best a > > handy little toy for stopping web server accidents. > > Only if you assume that a bunch of users tries very hard to use up all the > resources... You've never run a large machine have you - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/