Re: Updated dynamic pty patch available

[Matt Mackall]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:00:46PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hpa/dynpty-test-2.patch
> 
> ... against the current top-of-bkcvs 2.6 kernel.
> 
> This version of the patch makes *both* legacy and Unix98 ptys configure 
> options (Unix98 only if EMBEDDED), and the number of legacy ptys is a 
> configuration option -- useful if you want to reduce the memory 
> footprint, or if you really wants lots of these guys (256 is no longer a 
> hard limit.)
> 
> Additionally, I have added a sysctl option -- /proc/sys/kernel/pty/max 
> -- for limiting the number of Unix98 ptys.  It was way too effective a 
> DoS to eat up all kernel memory by opening /dev/ptmx repeatedly.  The 
> default is 4096, but it can be adjusted all the way up to 2^20 if desirable.

Looks good, I'll drop this into -tiny when I have proper net access
again.

-- 
Matt Mackall : http://www.selenic.com : Linux development and consulting
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