On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 09:45:53PM +1000, Simon Burge wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> In relation to a ipcs-type sysctl(), given the choice between doing (for
> example) 128x 60byte copyouts or one 8kish malloc and a copyout(), which
> would be the better choice?  I'd guess that the latter would be quicker,
> but could it be used as a serious DOS-type attack on kernel memory if
> lots of processes were to call the sysctl() at the same time?
	Unless you used a semaphore to have the sysctl keep track of
and limit the number of concurrent calls.  Or even limit it to one process
at a time.  How many different processes at once are going to want this
information?

eric