Explanation/Reference:
* zone.max-processes
Maximum number of process table slots simultaneously available to this zone.
Because both normal processes and zombie processes take up process table slots, the max-processes control thus protects against zombies exhausting the process table. Because zombie processes do not have any LWPs by definition, the max-lwps control cannot protect against this possibility Note:
* prctl - operations on a process
Use the prctl command to make runtime interrogations of and modifications to the resource controls associated with an active process, task, or project on the system.