Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 16:39:59 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: dave <dleimbac@earthlink.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: python fork call raised my load over 400! Message-ID: <20010516163959.B30670@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <200105161254.FAA14005@scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net>; from dleimbac@earthlink.net on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 07:57:19AM -0500 References: <200105161254.FAA14005@scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net>
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On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 07:57:19AM -0500, dave wrote: [snip description of a classic forkbomb] > I have a friend who tested the same 3 lines of python code right now on his > linux box. He ended up rebooting but he may not have tried to manually > kill the processes to get back. > > My ultimate question is ... should I be comparing FreeBSD to Linux? > Does it really matter if Linux is performing better or worse than FreeBSD? > > Still a user process probably shouldn't be able to hose the whole system > IMHO. (followup to -questions only) It won't be able to, if you define proper limits in /etc/login.conf (for the forking, look at the 'maxproc' limit). G'luck, Peter -- No language can express every thought unambiguously, least of all this one. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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