Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262523AbVCWOX4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:23:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262399AbVCWOX4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:23:56 -0500 Received: from smtp-out.tiscali.no ([213.142.64.144]:38412 "EHLO smtp-out.tiscali.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262523AbVCWOXh (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:23:37 -0500 Subject: Re: forkbombing Linux distributions From: Natanael Copa To: Max Kellermann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050323135317.GA22959@roonstrasse.net> References: <20050322112628.GA18256@roll> <20050323135317.GA22959@roonstrasse.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:23:34 +0100 Message-Id: <1111587814.27969.86.camel@nc> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 733 Lines: 20 On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 14:53 +0100, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 2005/03/22 12:49, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > What if the few procs that he may spawn also grab so much memory so > > your machine disappears in swap-t(h)rashing? > > The number of processes is counted per user, but CPU time and memory > consumption is counted per process. So limiting maximum number of processes will automatically limit CPU time and memory consumption per user? -- Natanael Copa - 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/