Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 04:30:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 04:30:12 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:11924 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 04:29:59 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:28:31 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20020114.012831.44983761.davem@redhat.com> To: ebiederm@xmission.com Cc: riel@conectiva.com.br, akropel1@rochester.rr.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.18pre3-ac1 From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) Date: 14 Jan 2002 00:25:16 -0700 But for make -j the forking is done by make and it is nearly a fork bomb Someone has probably mentioned this, but it is important to recognize that make uses vfork(). - 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/