Re: Simple script that locks up my box with recent kernels

Dave Jones
2006-11-22T03:25:23Z

On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 06:36:39PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> >
> > So it *seems* to be somehow related to running low on RAM and swap
> > starting to be used.
>
> Does it happen if you just do some simple "use all memory" script, eg run
> a few copies of
>
> #define SIZE (100<<20)
>
> char *buf = malloc(SIZE);
> memset(buf, SIZE, 0);
> sleep(100);
>
> on your box?

ITYM...

memset(buf, 0, SIZE);

Dave

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