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Re: Running out of memory in 1 easy step



Previously Andi Kleen wrote:
> There is a hardwired limit of 1024 vmas/process. This is to avoid denial
> of service attacks with attackers using up all memory with vmas.

That's trivial to circumvent using multiple processes or even threads which
makes it a useless and possibly damaging protection imho..

Wichert.

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