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From: Alan Cox <alan@...>

To: Martin Olsson <mnemo@...>

Cc: <linux-kernel@...>, Ubuntu Devel Discuss <ubuntu-devel-discuss@...>

Subject: Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel forkbombs?

Date: Friday, November 16, 2007 - 7:46 pm

> 3. Run this command:
quoted text> 
>     :(){ :|:& };:
> 
> 4. Ubuntu starts to work furiously, after less than a second terminal 
> gets flooded with "low resources" message, 

Set your system with suitable process and user resource limits. Also I'd
suggest setting memory overcommit to strict.

Our default behaviour is relaxed as it is usually the right thing for a
generic desktop box.

Alan
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Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Diego Calleja, (Fri Nov 16, 5:38 pm)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Alan Cox, (Fri Nov 16, 5:31 pm)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Martin Olsson, (Sat Nov 17, 3:04 am)

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Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., David Newall, (Thu Nov 22, 8:03 am)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Dane Mutters, (Sat Nov 17, 2:45 am)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Peter Zijlstra, (Sat Nov 17, 3:44 am)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Alan Cox, (Sat Nov 17, 6:39 am)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Andi Kleen, (Sat Nov 17, 9:36 am)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Herbert Xu, (Sat Nov 17, 11:28 am)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Martin Olsson, (Sat Nov 17, 1:42 pm)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Diego Calleja, (Sat Nov 17, 11:53 am)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Dane Mutters, (Sat Nov 17, 1:55 pm)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Radoslaw Szkodzinski, (Fri Nov 23, 3:34 am)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Peter Zijlstra, (Sat Nov 17, 6:03 am)

Re: Is it possible to give the user the option to cancel for..., Alan Cox, (Fri Nov 16, 7:46 pm)

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