generate x amount of artificial load

boom.c

#define _BSD_SOURCE          /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include<unistd.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<sys/prctl.h>
#include <signal.h>
int main (int argc, char** argv) {
  prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGHUP);

  int load = atoi(argv[1]);
  double loadavg[3];
  int avg;
  int oneMin;

  for (int i = 0; i < load; i++) {
    avg = getloadavg(loadavg, 1);
    oneMin = (int) loadavg[0];
    if (avg == -1) {
      return 0;
    } else if (oneMin < load)
      if (load%4==1) {
        if (fork () > 0) {
          continue;
        }
      }

    while (1) ;
  }

}