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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2022-11-28 23:34:27 +0100
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2022-11-28 23:34:27 +0100
commit9e3d5fc9248fc65e7aa543c220fa1d27449521b5 (patch)
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parentafe33bd8295ab7fce872f59a72ff46357cc211d2 (diff)
TODO: limit the number of processes
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@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ part:1:file:/home/samy/tmp/foo`). This would be libnetfs-based.
* Implement `lsof'. One can get inspiration from `libshouldbeinlibc/portinfo.c' for the details.
* Add `VSTATUS` support to `term`. Essentially in `term/munge.c`, `input_character`, just like the `VINTR`, `VQUIT`, `VSUSP`, collect a few stats from the system, and put them into the output queue.
* Make mig use the `access` function attribute to properly express accesses in arrays, e.g. for `device_read/write_inband`.
+* Add a limitation in the number of a process that a given uid can run. That would be in the `proc` translator. That will allow to avoid crashes when an application goes crazy with forking. Setting a hardcoded limitation would thus already be useful.
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## Porting Packages