From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] threads_max: Simple lockout prevention patch
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:10:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060424071021.GB14720@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200604240756.42483.a1426z@gawab.com>
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 07:56:42AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
>
> Simple attempt to provide a backdoor in a process lockout situation.
>
> echo $$ > /proc/sys/kernel/su-pid allows pid to exceed the threads_max limit.
Why not just have the root process do:
echo {larger number} > /proc/sys/kernel/nr-threads
instead?
- Ted
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-24 7:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-14 20:27 Al Boldi
2006-01-30 13:21 ` Al Boldi
2006-04-24 4:56 ` Al Boldi
2006-04-24 5:11 ` Andrew Morton
2006-04-24 11:12 ` Al Boldi
2006-04-24 11:22 ` Pekka Enberg
2006-04-24 13:53 ` Al Boldi
2006-04-24 14:11 ` Pekka Enberg
2006-04-24 14:46 ` Al Boldi
2006-04-24 16:32 ` Pekka Enberg
2006-04-24 11:24 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-24 13:37 ` Al Boldi
2006-04-25 7:23 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-25 10:44 ` Al Boldi
2006-04-28 16:58 ` Al Boldi
2006-04-24 7:10 ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
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