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Re: increasing sysv semaphore limits
>>> Except doesn't that open you up to a DoS attack, running the kernel
>>> out of memory by creating a zillion semaphores?
>> I mean, itâ??s really the same thing as with file descriptors.
> Yes and no. SYSV semaphores are persistent and independent of both
> file descriptors and processes.
Perhaps more important from this perspective, is there anything
analogous to proc.%d.rlimit.descriptors and/or kern.maxfiles for them?
Those are what keep a lid on the analogous DoS with file descriptors.
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