Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932232AbWCTMLK (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:11:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932221AbWCTMLK (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:11:10 -0500 Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:14002 "EHLO palinux.hppa") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932214AbWCTMLJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:11:09 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:11:07 -0700 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: DoS with POSIX file locks? Message-ID: <20060320121107.GE8980@parisc-linux.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 453 Lines: 10 On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 12:41:21PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > Unlike open files there doesn't seem to be any limit on the number of > locks being held either globally or by a single process. RLIMIT_LOCKS - 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/