#include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #define MAX 20000 int main () { int i; int inc_dec; int delta; int brk_stat; // loop to first increase, then decrease for (inc_dec = 1; inc_dec >= -1; inc_dec-=2) { // loop to increase(decrease) with small then big delta for (delta = 1; delta <= 400; delta+=399) { if (0) printf("initial brk value for inc_dec %d delta %d: %p\n", inc_dec, delta, sbrk(0)); for (i=0; i<MAX; i++) { brk_stat = brk(sbrk(0) + inc_dec * delta); if (brk_stat == -1) { printf("brk value at failure: %p\n", sbrk(0)); perror ("brk() failed!\n"); return 0; } } if (0) printf("resulting brk value for inc_dec %d delta %d: %p\n", inc_dec, delta, sbrk(0)); } } return 0; }