Re: [PATCH] show message when exceeded rlimit of pending signals

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Oct 26 2009 - 07:38:38 EST



* nooiwa <nooiwa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static int deprecated_sysctl_warning(struct __sysctl_args *args);
> /* External variables not in a header file. */
> extern int C_A_D;
> extern int print_fatal_signals;
> +extern int print_reach_rlimit_sigpending;

Ooiwa-san, Roland, Andrew - what do you think about just making this
part of the existing print_fatal_signals flag, instead of adding a new
one?

Signal queue overflows are a 'fatal', signal-related condition as well -
we lose a signal in essence. The patch would be smaller as well.

Ingo
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