Hi.... On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 14:12, loody <miloody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > below is the place it happen > > if (atomic_read(&p->real_cred->user->processes) >= > p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_cur) { Seems like a normal user limit checking...the one we usually set via "ulimit" command. Checking number of processes to be precise... > after checking the parameter, I found p->real_cred->user is NULL. hm, IMHO if it exceeds ulimit, the process creation should just stop. Not sure why read_cred->user becomes NULL. Maybe that's for clean up, since later process will be terminated? -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies