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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 12:16:54 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Ferry Toth <ftoth@...fort.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DOS by unprivileged user
On Thu 2018-04-19 21:13:35, Ferry Toth wrote:
> It appears any ordinary user can easily create a DOS on linux.
>
> One sure way to reproduce this is to open gitk on the linux kernel repo
> (SIC) on a machine with 8GB RAM 16 GB swap on a HDD with btrfs and quad core
> + hyperthreading. But I will be easy enough to get the same effect with more
> RAM, other fs etc.
You may want to disable swap.
Pavel
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