Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932360AbVIZDg5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:36:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932363AbVIZDg4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:36:56 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:45795 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932360AbVIZDg4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:36:56 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:36:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@cuia.boston.redhat.com To: Al Boldi cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Resource limits In-Reply-To: <200509251712.42302.a1426z@gawab.com> Message-ID: References: <200509251712.42302.a1426z@gawab.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: 801 Lines: 23 On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Al Boldi wrote: > Resource limits in Linux, when available, are currently very limited. > > i.e.: > Too many process forks and your system may crash. > This can be capped with threads-max, but may lead you into a lock-out. > > What is needed is a soft, hard, and a special emergency limit that would > allow you to use the resource for a limited time to circumvent a lock-out. > > Would this be difficult to implement? How would you reclaim the resource after that limited time is over ? Kill processes? -- All Rights Reversed - 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/