Subject: Re: Fork bomb protection patch
To: M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/06/2002 10:01:24
M. Warner Losh wrote:
> Actually, yes it is hard. I've cleaned up from several fork bombs and
> you gotta get the right ps | grep | xargs kill right or the fork bomb
> surives. Even then there is a race between the ps and more processes
> forking. I usually have to run my ps | grep| xargs kill command
> several times in a row to completely kill the forkbomb w/o a rate
> limiter.
pkill is your friend :)
Jaromir
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