Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:35:49 +0900 | From | KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/4] forkbomb killer |
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:20:41 +0900 (JST) KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> Hi, Minchan, Kamezawa-san, > > > >> So whenever user push sysrq, older tasks would be killed and at last, > > >> root forkbomb task would be killed. > > >> > > > > > > Maybe good for a single user system and it can send Sysrq. > > > But I myself not very excited with this new feature becasuse I need to > > > run to push Sysrq .... > > > > > > Please do as you like, I think the idea itself is interesting. > > > But I love some automatic ones. I do other jobs. > > > > Okay. Thanks for the comment, Kame. > > > > I hope Andrew or someone gives feedback forkbomb problem itself before > > diving into this. > > May I ask current status of this thread? I'm unhappy if our kernel keep > to have forkbomb weakness. ;)
I've stopped updating but can restart at any time. (And I found a bug ;)
> Can we consider to take either or both idea? > I think yes, both idea can be used. One idea is - kill all recent threads by Sysrq. The user can use Sysrq multiple times until forkbomb stops. Another(mine) is - kill all problematic in automatic. This adds some tracking costs but can be configurable.
Thanks, -Kame
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