From: "Magnus Naeslund\(f\)" <mag@fbab.net>
To: "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4.8 Resource leaks + limits
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:05:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3e4101c12550$50f242b0$020a0a0a@totalmef> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200108150532.f7F5WGq01653@penguin.transmeta.com>
"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote in message
news:200108150532.f7F5WGq01653@penguin.transmeta.com...
> In article <3ce801c12548$b7971750$020a0a0a@totalmef> you write:
> >
> >Question: why isn't there a limit for global memory usage per user?
>
> Answer: because traditionally Linux (or UNIX) hasn't had a good and
> efficient way to have per-user statistics.
>
Well this problem is not so hard, i'll just set "nproc = maxglobal / data"
or something like that for now.
Too bad if any of my users want to run many diet processes, but that's life.
The more serious part of my little alloc adventure is much more dangerous:
Whattaheck happened to my resources?
I _still_ can't log in to that box as a luser (root works).
[snip]
> Linus
>
Magnus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-15 6:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-15 5:11 2.4.8 Resource leaks + limits Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-15 5:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-15 5:42 ` Ulrich Drepper
2001-08-15 8:31 ` Nadav Har'El
2001-08-15 5:43 ` dmaynor
2001-08-15 5:56 ` J Sloan
2001-08-15 6:59 ` Brian
2001-08-15 7:26 ` J Sloan
2001-08-15 13:51 ` Admin Mailing Lists
2001-08-15 14:12 ` dmaynor
2001-08-15 16:04 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-17 22:01 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-17 22:08 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-17 23:25 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-15 6:05 ` Magnus Naeslund(f) [this message]
2001-08-15 6:28 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-15 7:24 ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-15 14:21 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-08-15 14:20 ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-16 19:41 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-08-16 19:54 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-08-17 15:56 ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-15 15:00 ` Tobias Ringstrom
[not found] <no.id>
2001-08-15 11:40 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-15 16:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-15 18:51 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-15 19:57 ` Ingo Oeser
2001-08-15 20:15 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-15 21:30 ` Jesse Pollard
2001-08-15 20:57 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2001-08-16 1:12 ` Jesse Pollard
2001-08-15 22:14 ` Horst von Brand
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0108171818040.2277-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
2001-08-18 14:53 ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-08-18 15:24 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-08-18 15:20 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-18 22:34 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-18 22:35 ` Alan Cox
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