Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Feb 2004 02:48:24 -0800 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: Updated dynamic pty patch available |
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:00:46PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > This version of the patch makes *both* legacy and Unix98 ptys configure > options (Unix98 only if EMBEDDED), and the number of legacy ptys is a > configuration option -- useful if you want to reduce the memory > footprint, or if you really wants lots of these guys (256 is no longer a > hard limit.) > Additionally, I have added a sysctl option -- /proc/sys/kernel/pty/max > -- for limiting the number of Unix98 ptys. It was way too effective a > DoS to eat up all kernel memory by opening /dev/ptmx repeatedly. The > default is 4096, but it can be adjusted all the way up to 2^20 if desirable.
Comes up and boots just fine here on my target boxen. I'm glad to have it. Bootlog from one of them attached.
I can send in console/etc. logs from both host and target of stress test runs, if provided stress tests.
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