Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:57:04 +0200 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] protect architectures where THREAD_SIZE >= PAGE_SIZE against fork bombs |
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On Tue 21-08-12 13:40:45, Glauber Costa wrote: > On 08/21/2012 01:35 PM, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > I am asking because this should trigger memcg-oom > > but that one will usually pick up something else than the fork bomb > > which would have a small memory footprint. But that needs to be handled > > on the oom level obviously. > > > Sure, but keep in mind that the main protection is against tasks *not* > in this memcg.
Yes and that's is good step forward. I just wanted to mention that we still have the problem inside the subhierarchy. The changelog was not specific enough. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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