Russell, Am 04.05.2017 um 23:10 schrieb Russell Lewis: > I'm going to quibble (or maybe clarify?) a bit here. Since UML is a process > inside the host kernel, it should have the same power as any other > application you run. If you > fork-bomb with an ordinary application, I'd expect that you would eventually > get errors from the fork() syscall - but in the process, you might also make > it impossible to spawn off > new sshd processes - making it impossible to log in. > > I'd be a little dismayed if you could *crash* the host with a fork bomb, > though. And I don't really care whether the "bad" process is UML, or > anything else. > > Experts: Am I missing something?
I assumed that "crash" meant something like "system went unresponsive" and not a kernel panic of the host. If you setup your resource limits correctly a fork bomb will be stopped. Thanks, //richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
