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SubjectRe: 2.6.9, 64bit, 4GB memory => panics ...
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On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 14:20, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Rudolf Usselmann wrote:
>
> > int mem[10000];
> > int i, n;
> >
> > for(i=0;i<2000;i++) {
> > printf("Doing alloc %0d ...\n",i);
> > mem[i] = (int)malloc(1024*1024*1024);
>
> allocate a 1 gig block, but store it in an int array? That's wrong.
>
> > if(mem[i] == NULL)
> > printf("Malloc failed ...\n");
> > else
> > for(n=0;n<(1024*1024*1024);n=n+640) mem[i] = n;
>
> You alter n, but then always only set mem[i], without varying i.
>
> Your program is buggy, and memleaks.
>
> Plus, the kernel uses overcommit by default, and since you aren't actually
> touching the memory you are allocating, you are only limited by the address
> space size allowed per process(depends on how you configured the kernel).



Thanks for pointing that out Adam ! Will this work better:



#include "stdio.h"
#include "stdlib.h"

int main() {

char *mem[10000];
int i, n;

for(i=0;i<2000;i++) {
printf("Doing alloc %0d ...\n",i);
mem[i] = (char *)malloc(1024*1024*1024);
if(mem[i] == NULL)
printf("Malloc failed ...\n");
else
for(n=0;n<(1024*1024*1024);n=n+640) mem[i][n] = n;
}

while(1);

return(0);
}


Thanks !
rudi

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