Re: Resource limits

[Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>]

Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Al Boldi wrote:
> > Resource limits in Linux, when available, are currently very limited.
> >
> > i.e.:
> > Too many process forks and your system may crash.
> > This can be capped with threads-max, but may lead you into a lock-out.
> >
> > What is needed is a soft, hard, and a special emergency limit that would
> > allow you to use the resource for a limited time to circumvent a
> > lock-out.
> >
> > Would this be difficult to implement?
>
> How would you reclaim the resource after that limited time is
> over ?  Kill processes?

That's one way,  but really, the issue needs some deep thought.
Leaving Linux exposed to a lock-out is rather frightening.

Neil Horman wrote:
> Whats insufficient about the per-user limits that can be imposed by the
> ulimit syscall?

Are they system wide or per-user?

--
Al