Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: Forking shell bombs | Date | Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:17:56 -0400 |
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On Sunday 13 July 2003 05:10, Riley Williams wrote: >Hi all. > >It sounds like what is required is some way of basically saying >"Don't permit new processes to be created if CPU usage > 75%" >(where the 75% is configurable but less than 100%). > Which would immediately cause problems for anyone running setiathome. My cpu useage has been 100% for 5 years.
>Best wishes from Riley. >--- > * Nothing as pretty as a smile, nothing as ugly as a frown. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of David > > Ford Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 4:08 PM > > To: Ryan Underwood > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: Forking shell bombs > > > > No such thing exists. I can have 10,000 processes doing nothing > > and have a load average of 0.00. I can have 100 processes each > > sucking cpu as fast as the electrons flow and have a dead box. > > > > Learn how to manage resource limits and you can tuck another > > feather into your fledgeling sysadmin hat ;) > > > > david > > > > Ryan Underwood wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 04:43:18PM -0400, jhigdon wrote: > >>> Have you tried this on any 2.5.x kernels? Just curious to see > >>> what it does, I plan on giving it a go later. > >> > >> I haven't, but a previous poster indicated that they had > >> (2.5.74) with the same results. > >> > >> I wonder if we could find an upper limit on the number of > >> allowable processes that would leave the box in a workable > >> state? Unfortunately, I don't have a spare box to test such > >> things on at the moment. ;) > >> > >> Thanks, > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 10-Jul-2003 > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
-- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.26% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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