Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:31:04 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: Mike Silbersack <silby@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_fork.c Message-ID: <20020220053104.CBF7539F1@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <15675.1014160079@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:15:28 PST, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > > Log: > > A few misc forkbomb defenses: > > > > - Remove the printing of "proc: table full". When the table > > really is full, this would flood the screen/logs, making > > the problem tougher to deal with. > > I like the idea that my console won't be filled with crap, but what clue > will I get now that kern.maxfiles needs to be bumped? It seems to me that a rate limiter would be a better solution.. ie: only print one message per second or so. The problem with some other suggestions like "stop after 10 warnings" is that it only ever tells you the first time. You wont know if it happens again hours/days/months later. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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