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handling vps numproc limits

this is my vps package £14.99 uk pounds a month, so not to expensive. Thay are limiting numproc to 96, they didn’t make it obvious that this was a limit when I signed up, but I suppose it is my fault for not asking. I am running Tomcat and if I run out of numproc then Java will crash and

What’s the purpose of the UD2 opcode in the Linux kernel?

I have found the following fragment in the Linux kernel (not the corresponding C code though), somewhere during the start up phase. You can clearly see the 0F 0B parts, which stand for the UD2 opcode (IDA refused to disassemble). There are some possible usages for this opcode explained here and here. In this case, however, the opcodes after this

How do I know if my server has NUMA?

Hopping from Java Garbage Collection, I came across JVM settings for NUMA. Curiously I wanted to check if my CentOS server has NUMA capabilities or not. Is there a *ix command or utility that could grab this info? Answer I’m no expert here, but here’s something: Box 1, no NUMA: Box 2, some NUMA:

Using MD5 in kernel space of Linux

I am trying to use the kernel space implementation of the md5 algorithm (md5.h and md5.c). It turns out that md5.h does not declare the functions found in md5.c, so I could not simply include md5.h into my c file. I also wanted to avoid altering md5.h to declare the functions, since that could have unintended consequences. Is there any

SYSTEM: denied request 44 in Minix

I get “SYSTEM: denied request 44 from 109894” when trying to execute my own code in Minix 3.2. I typed over the code and the makefile so there could be some typos. The program compiles fine however. My c file: My makefile: Minix uses the BSD compilation platform (hence the tag). Answer Apparently running the application somewhere other than /usr/srcs/drivers

Installing scrapy (openSSL)

I’m using scrapy for couple of months now. I’ve been using it on the couple of machines and never had trouble with it. I used it on Windows xp and 7, I also used it on arch linux and never had trouble installing. Pretty much it was only pip install scrapy and done. Now I’m trying to set it up

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