Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270190AbTGMJ0L (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 05:26:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270192AbTGMJ0L (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 05:26:11 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:43278 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270190AbTGMJ0J (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 05:26:09 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:40:54 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Forking shell bombs Message-ID: <20030713094053.GC14349@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3F0C2FCB.8060304@blue-labs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1ccMZA6j1vT5UqiK" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1384 Lines: 43 --1ccMZA6j1vT5UqiK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2003-07-13 10:10:22 +0100, Riley Williams wrote in message : > Hi all. >=20 > It sounds like what is required is some way of basically saying > "Don't permit new processes to be created if CPU usage > 75%" > (where the 75% is configurable but less than 100%). That won't allow a load > 0.75 . Bad idea. MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(IRAQ_WAR_2 | DRM | TCPA)); --1ccMZA6j1vT5UqiK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ESklHb1edYOZ4bsRAuwrAJwMQ9HOnA6aOuIFKiq7YjHtKCkxywCaAkVT l7FP1bY9tl4l7T3X1h9cKyY= =0HPS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1ccMZA6j1vT5UqiK-- - 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/