Re: [PLUG] Multimedia blues

[Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>]

On Sat, 8 Jul 2017 21:36:37 -0400
Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote:

> Sure, but if a non-root application can make your console hang or your
> computer freeze, there is a bug in your OS.  Whether the application
> is "a pig" is beside the point.

I didn't believe you, so I made this program:

#include<stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
	printf("Starting infinite loop\n");
	long i, j, k;
	for(i=0; i < 1000000; i++){
		for(j=0; j < 1000000; j++){
			for(k=0; k < 1000000; j++){
			}
		}
	}
}

And as a normal user ran it like this:

nice -20 ./a.out

My machine was plenty responsive, in or out of X. You're right, at
least as far as CPU is concerned.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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