Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Jul 2000 20:14:27 -0400 (EDT) | From | Derek Martin <> | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.2.14 OOM killer strikes. |
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Today, Chris Meadors gleaned this insight:
> I only have one question about this scheme. What about a program that > leaks very slowly over a long period of time? (Wasn't there even a kernel > leak like that in the early 2.2.x series?) It will eventually end up > exausting all memory and surely there'll be another program asking for > memory faster than it as you head the OOM situation. > > I know, I know, this is a rare case and the program doing that should be > fixed. But it is something to think about. Perhaps there'll be a new > class of attacks, ones that take weeks or months to pull off.
I don't have ALL the answers man, I'm just a sysadmin... ;)
-- --------------------------------------------------------------- Derek D. Martin | Unix/Linux Geek ddm@MissionCriticalLinux.com | derek@cerberus.ne.mediaone.net ---------------------------------------------------------------
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