Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 May 1998 16:24:03 +0200 | From | Andreas Haumer <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.0.34 & crashme |
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Hi!
Chris Evans wrote: > > On Tue, 26 May 1998, Meelis Roos wrote: > > > CE> The problem is probably that you haven't configured resource limits on > > CE> your box. Try doing just this (RLIMIT_DATA is a good one, RLIMIT_RSS is > > CE> annoyingly the only RSS_* not yet implemented). Alternatively run crashme > > CE> so that it uses less memory and/or less concurrency. A command line option > > CE> I believe. > > > > No! The kernel should must crash when the limits are not set. > > If it crashes, it's a bug. > > Are you sure it's "crashed"? Perhaps the system is just "very busy" to the > extent of appearing crashed, because you have allowed crashme to grab too > much virtual memory? Does the "crashed" system ping? echo characters to > the console? switch vt's? > Well, how do you define "crash"? :-))
The symptoms I'm talking about are:
For more than 15 minutes: *) Not responsive to network (no ping, no telnet) *) Not responsive to console (no VT switching, no noticeable reaction on keyboard input) *) No noticeable disk I/O
I have verified this behaviour on two different machines now (out of two tested)
- andreas
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