Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:40:05 +0100 (MET) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: RFC: New kernel proc interface |
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On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> In linux.dev.kernel, article <XFMail.961101042606.rriggs@tesser.com>, > Rob Riggs <rriggs@tesser.com> writes: > > > > - The point Alan brought up does not affect Joe Average User, > > but rather very busy network boxes. And it will only be a > > problem on very busy network boxes that are tight on memory > > _and_ needs to access the /proc/net files. > > > Umm, I'd hesitate to call six MBytes of free RAM just to read > /proc/net/routes (or whatever) "tight on memory". I'd call it "completely > thrashes memory on the system".
and the original idea was to use big kernel-space buffers to cache stuff ... kernel buffers are unswappable and we open up a new set of denial of service attacks here?
unless someone has bright new ideas about /proc in general, the 1 page limitation looks like a reasonable protection against overallocation?
-- mingo
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