On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:00:46PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> This version of the patch makes *both* legacy and Unix98 ptys configure 
> options (Unix98 only if EMBEDDED), and the number of legacy ptys is a 
> configuration option -- useful if you want to reduce the memory 
> footprint, or if you really wants lots of these guys (256 is no longer a 
> hard limit.)
> Additionally, I have added a sysctl option -- /proc/sys/kernel/pty/max 
> -- for limiting the number of Unix98 ptys.  It was way too effective a 
> DoS to eat up all kernel memory by opening /dev/ptmx repeatedly.  The 
> default is 4096, but it can be adjusted all the way up to 2^20 if desirable.

Comes up and boots just fine here on my target boxen. I'm glad to have it.
Bootlog from one of them attached.

I can send in console/etc. logs from both host and target of stress test
runs, if provided stress tests.


-- wli