Hi, KOSAKI and Kame. On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:35 AM, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:20:41 +0900 (JST) > KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, Minchan, Kamezawa-san, >> >> > >> So whenever user push sysrq, older tasks would be killed and at last, >> > >> root forkbomb task would be killed. >> > >> >> > > >> > > Maybe good for a single user system and it can send Sysrq. >> > > But I myself not very excited with this new feature becasuse I need to >> > > run to push Sysrq .... >> > > >> > > Please do as you like, I think the idea itself is interesting. >> > > But I love some automatic ones. I do other jobs. >> > >> > Okay. Thanks for the comment, Kame. >> > >> > I hope Andrew or someone gives feedback forkbomb problem itself before >> > diving into this. >> >> May I ask current status of this thread? I'm unhappy if our kernel keep >> to have forkbomb weakness. ;) > > I've stopped updating but can restart at any time. (And I found a bug ;) > >> Can we consider to take either or both idea? >> > I think yes, both idea can be used. > One idea is > Â- kill all recent threads by Sysrq. The user can use Sysrq multiple times > Â until forkbomb stops. > Another(mine) is > Â- kill all problematic in automatic. This adds some tracking costs but > Â can be configurable. > > Thanks, > -Kame > > Unfortunately, we didn't have a slot to discuss the oom and forkbomb. So, personally, I talked it with some guys(who we know very well :) ) for a moment during lunch time at LSF/MM. It seems he doesn't feel strongly we really need it and still I am not sure it, either. Now most important thing is to listen other's opinions about we really need it and we need it in kernel. And I have a idea to implement my one in automatic, too. :) Thanks for your interest. -- Kind regards, Minchan Kim -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href