Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264904AbUFOAfO (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:35:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264906AbUFOAfO (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:35:14 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:23940 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264904AbUFOAfK (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:35:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:27:34 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: David Lang Cc: "Nikita V. Youshchenko" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Local DoS (was: Strange 'zombie' problem both in 2.4 and 2.6) Message-ID: <20040615002734.GA9801@logos.cnet> References: <200404091311.50787@zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su> <20040413131017.GA11294@logos.cnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 638 Lines: 18 On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 10:01:53AM -0700, David Lang wrote: > I think I may be running into the same (or a similar) issue with a > workload that forks heavily (~3500 forks/sec). What can I do to let the > system survive this sort of load? Hi David, v2.6.7-mm tree contains a fix for this, adding a rlimit for pending signals. Can you describe the problem you are seeing in more detail? - 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/