memory.c

/* Simple program to test memory allocation - goes on until killed */

#include "stdlib.h"
#include "stdio.h"
#define _256M 64*1024*1024

int* p;
int i=0, j;

int main(){
        do{
                p=malloc(_256M*sizeof(int));
                for(j=0; j<_256M; j++){
                        *(p+j) = i+j;
                }
                printf("allocated %d MiB\n", i+=256);
        } while ( p!= NULL );
}