Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261830AbUK2WOQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:14:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261829AbUK2WOQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:14:16 -0500 Received: from mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.186]:47795 "EHLO mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261830AbUK2WOM (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:14:12 -0500 From: Peter Chubb MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16811.40687.892939.304185@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:13:03 +1100 To: Jeff Dike Cc: grendel@caudium.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: user- vs kernel-level resource sandbox for Linux? In-Reply-To: <200411292000.iATK0qOF004026@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> References: <20041129101919.GB9419@beowulf.thanes.org> <200411292000.iATK0qOF004026@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 15) "Security Through Obscurity" XEmacs Lucid Comments: Hyperbole mail buttons accepted, v04.18. X-Face: GgFg(Z>fx((4\32hvXq<)|jndSniCH~~$D)Ka:P@e@JR1P%Vr}EwUdfwf-4j\rUs#JR{'h# !]])6%Jh~b$VA|ALhnpPiHu[-x~@<"@Iv&|%R)Fq[[,(&Z'O)Q)xCqe1\M[F8#9l8~}#u$S$Rm`S9% \'T@`:&8>Sb*c5d'=eDYI&GF`+t[LfDH="MP5rwOO]w>ALi7'=QJHz&y&C&TE_3j! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 854 Lines: 25 >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Dike writes: Jeff> grendel@caudium.net said: >> I would appreciate any pointers to the userland solutions for that >> problem (if any exist) before I resort to Xen/UML. Jeff> UML would be exactly what you're looking for. Jeff> Jeff apart from the performance hit :-( There have been a number of different approaches proposed in the past to limit real memory usage per-process; search for RSS limit in the archives. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - 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/