From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
To: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
Cc: Ivan Kalvatchev <iive@yahoo.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: DoS with tmpfs #3
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 16:53:42 -0300 (BRST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0108041652340.2526-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010805063657.C20164@weta.f00f.org>
On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 03:07:31AM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> 1) you create a tmpfs with a high limit, such that
> (max size tmpfs) + (user memory) > ram + swap
>
> maybe, by default, tmpfs should choose a limit of 1/2 ram available or
> something? if this is too small, people can change it
I guess this would be a decent default; good enough to
keep most people out of trouble and big enough to be
useful.
regards,
Rik
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-04 19:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-03 16:34 DoS with tmpfs #3 Ivan Kalvatchev
2001-08-04 6:07 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-04 18:36 ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-04 19:53 ` Rik van Riel [this message]
2001-08-06 16:28 ` [Patch] " Christoph Rohland
2001-08-06 16:29 ` [Patch-ac] " Christoph Rohland
2001-08-07 9:09 ` [Patch2] " Christoph Rohland
2001-08-08 17:17 ` Ivan Kalvatchev
2001-08-09 6:29 ` Helge Hafting
2001-08-09 7:08 ` Thoughts on tmpfs and swapfs Riley Williams
2001-08-09 10:22 ` DoS with tmpfs #dynamic Ivan Kalvatchev
[not found] <no.id>
2001-08-03 17:02 ` DoS with tmpfs #3 Alan Cox
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