>If so, forkbomb doesnt cause much problem like they said, since >eventually it would be killed once it reach the limit of memory. the >system will recover automatically after awhile.
I doubt that! Maybe OOM strikes one process out, but as already said, when that happens, it makes room for further spawns. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/