From: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [why oom_adj does not work] Re: Linux killed Kenny, bastard!
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:13:03 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090118131303.GA19292@ioremap.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.0.999.0901181333160.6179@be1.lrz>
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 01:37:09PM +0100, Bodo Eggert (7eggert@gmx.de) wrote:
> How many different CGI handlers are you going to have?
CGIs are usually limited, application server is not.
> And how does kill-kenny scale with the number of users on the system?
> I want my browser not to be killed, while the other user wants his
> gimp not to be killed. As you can see, it does not even scale for
> the most simple multi-user system.
It is not about who should not be killed, but who should _be_ in the
first raw.
> > No, admin will limit/forbid the connection from the DoSing clients,
> > server must always live to handle proper users.
>
> If there is no memory, the admin can't even log in.
Admin can observe the situation via kvm or sometimes netconsole and
tune the system for the next run.
--
Evgeniy Polyakov
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-18 13:13 UTC|newest]
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2009-01-14 19:18 ` [why oom_adj does not work] Re: Linux killed Kenny, bastard! Bodo Eggert
2009-01-14 19:22 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 0:54 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-15 8:43 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-15 21:50 ` Bodo Eggert
2009-01-15 22:35 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-17 14:12 ` Bodo Eggert
2009-01-17 14:22 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-18 12:37 ` Bodo Eggert
2009-01-18 13:13 ` Evgeniy Polyakov [this message]
2009-01-18 20:25 ` Bodo Eggert
2009-01-18 20:41 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 15:33 Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 15:44 ` Dave Jones
2009-01-12 15:48 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-12 15:51 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-13 13:52 ` [why oom_adj does not work] " Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 14:06 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-13 14:24 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 15:00 ` Balbir Singh
2009-01-13 15:21 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 18:04 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-01-13 19:46 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 21:33 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-01-13 21:39 ` David Rientjes
2009-01-13 22:05 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
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