Adam, I tried reproducing on my 12.04 machine, simply doing:
apt-get install ltp $ /usr/lib/ltp/testcases/bin/mallocstress -l 10000 <top output indicates a peak of ~81GB peak VM use> <wait a while> <debug output> main(): test passed. Using following old libc: ii libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries Advice? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081734 Title: malloc hangs when ltp mallocstress is run repeatedly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/1081734/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs