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From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: Ivan Kalvatchev <iive@yahoo.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DoS with tmpfs #3
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 06:36:57 +1200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010805063657.C20164@weta.f00f.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010803163409.62191.qmail@web13609.mail.yahoo.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0108040303030.2526-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0108040303030.2526-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>

On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 03:07:31AM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:

    1) you create a tmpfs with a high limit, such that
       (max size tmpfs) + (user memory) > ram + swap

maybe, by default, tmpfs should choose a limit of 1/2 ram available or
something?  if this is too small, people can change it



  --cw

  reply	other threads:[~2001-08-04 18:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-03 16:34 DoS with tmpfs #3 Ivan Kalvatchev
2001-08-04  6:07 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-04 18:36   ` Chris Wedgwood [this message]
2001-08-04 19:53     ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-06 16:28     ` [Patch] " Christoph Rohland
2001-08-06 16:29       ` [Patch-ac] " Christoph Rohland
2001-08-07  9:09       ` [Patch2] " Christoph Rohland
2001-08-08 17:17         ` Ivan Kalvatchev
2001-08-09  6:29           ` Helge Hafting
2001-08-09  7:08             ` Thoughts on tmpfs and swapfs Riley Williams
2001-08-09 10:22             ` DoS with tmpfs #dynamic Ivan Kalvatchev
     [not found] <no.id>
2001-08-03 17:02 ` DoS with tmpfs #3 Alan Cox

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