On 05/21/2018 03:07 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote: > Now let's return to max_map_count itself: what is it supposed to achieve? > If we want to limit application kernel memory resource consumption, let's > limit application kernel memory resource consumption, accounting for it on > a byte basis the same way we account for other kernel objects allocated on > behalf of userspace. Why should we have a separate cap just for the VMA > count? VMAs consume kernel memory and we can't reclaim them. That's what it boils down to.
