Re: [RFC] kernel random segmentation fault?

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Wed May 06 2015 - 06:57:17 EST



On Wednesday 2015-05-06 05:46, long.wanglong wrote:
>
>int main(int argc, char** argv)
>{
> rlim.rlim_cur=20 MB;
> rlim.rlim_max=20 MB;
> ret = setrlimit(RLIMIT_AS, &rlim);
> [...]
> char tmp[20 MB];
> for (i = 0; i < 20 MB; i++)
> tmp[i]=1;

if tmp already takes 20 MB, where will the remainder of the program find
space if you only allow for 20 MB? This is bound to fail under normal
considerations.
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