Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] thread wakeup fix for 2.4.0-test7 | Date | Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:52:16 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> So can you open enough files to crash a machine this way then? > (Because the _fd_ limit is never reached, but the open file limit may be).
You would eventually hit the system wide limit yes. There are lots fo ways to do that. If it worries you get the bean counter patches and help work on them they provide the needed infrastructure. The 2.4 user resource stuff probably provides the basics for this too
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