Re: [PATCH v3 15/16] memcg: enable accounting for tty-related objects

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On Thu 22-04-21 13:23:21, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 01:37:53PM +0300, Vasily Averin wrote:
> > At each login the user forces the kernel to create a new terminal and
> > allocate up to ~1Kb memory for the tty-related structures.
> 
> Does this tiny amount of memory actually matter?

The primary question is whether an untrusted user can trigger an
unbounded amount of these allocations.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs



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