RE: Allocation of too much memory hangs system, kernel 2.2.*

Giuliano Pochini (pochini@denise.shiny.it)
Wed, 26 May 1999 19:33:58 MET DST

> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
> Allocation of too much memory hangs system, kernel 2.2.*
>
> [2.] Full description of the problem/report:
> a) An (erronous) program allocates memory in some kind of endless
loop.
> After some while the system hangs.

Hmm, I wrote these 2 simple prgms:

//********** 1 ***
void foo(){
char a[16384];
foo();
}
void main(){
foo();
}

//********** 2 ***
void main(){
void *i;
while(1) i=malloc(16384);
}

Program #1 ends with a huge core dump.
Program #2 ends with a core too, but it is very little, about 8MB.
Strange.

Anyway the machine is still OK and prefectily working and stable. You
should
post the peice of code that cause you that troubles...

[PowerPC 640e 200MHz
64MB ram
90MB swap
HD SCSI Quantum 3GB
kernel v2.2.9]

Bye.

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