Re: scrubber.c

Chris Wedgwood (cw@ix.net.nz)
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 18:54:39 +1300


On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 04:36:56PM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote:

> Several people have asked for this.
>
> /*
> * scrubber.c - exercise memory
> * This never stops, nor does it change the bit pattern, both of which
> * might be a good addition.
> */

[...]

Does it find errors as well as gcc?

By this I mean, I've written several memory test programs, and where
all of these pass, gcc under heavy load will still sometimes fail
because of dodgy memory/process/cache/whatever.

-cw

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