Re: Resource limits

From: Neil Horman
Date: Mon Sep 26 2005 - 07:29:08 EST


On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 05:12:42PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
>
> Resource limits in Linux, when available, are currently very limited.
>
> i.e.:
> Too many process forks and your system may crash.
> This can be capped with threads-max, but may lead you into a lock-out.
>
> What is needed is a soft, hard, and a special emergency limit that would
> allow you to use the resource for a limited time to circumvent a lock-out.
>
Whats insufficient about the per-user limits that can be imposed by the ulimit
syscall?


> Would this be difficult to implement?
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Al
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