From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 27 May 2002 06:30:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 27 May 2002 06:30:52 -0400 Received: from mail.cert.uni-stuttgart.de ([129.69.16.17]:44994 "HELO Mail.CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 27 May 2002 06:30:51 -0400 To: Andreas Hartmann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Memory management in Kernel 2.4.x In-Reply-To: Mail-Followup-To: Andreas Hartmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Florian Weimer Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 12:28:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87661951h2.fsf@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE> User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andreas Hartmann writes: > Unfortunately, the memory management of kernel 2.4.x didn't get > better until today. It is very easy to make a machine dead. Take the > following script: Use an -ac kernel with disabled overcommitment. -- Florian Weimer Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE University of Stuttgart http://CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE/people/fw/ RUS-CERT +49-711-685-5973/fax +49-711-685-5898