Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261459AbVCWNiY (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:38:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261466AbVCWNiY (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:38:24 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:27598 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261459AbVCWNiV (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:38:21 -0500 Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:38:14 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: aq cc: Natanael Copa , "Hikaru1@verizon.net" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: forkbombing Linux distributions In-Reply-To: <9cde8bff05032305044f55acf3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <20050322112628.GA18256@roll> <20050322124812.GB18256@roll> <20050322125025.GA9038@roll> <9cde8bff050323025663637241@mail.gmail.com> <1111581459.27969.36.camel@nc> <9cde8bff05032305044f55acf3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 576 Lines: 17 >If so, forkbomb doesnt cause much problem like they said, since >eventually it would be killed once it reach the limit of memory. the >system will recover automatically after awhile. I doubt that! Maybe OOM strikes one process out, but as already said, when that happens, it makes room for further spawns. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/