/**
* mem2swap.c
* Copyright (C) 2008 Markus Broeker
*
* mem2swap usage: mem2swap [<MB>]
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#define N 1000
#ifndef DEFAULT_MEGS
#define DEFAULT_MEGS 64
#endif
#ifdef __linux__
#define CMD_FREE "/usr/bin/free"
#define CMD_ARGS "-m"
#elif __unix__
#define CMD_FREE "/sbin/sysctl"
#define CMD_ARGS "hw.usermem"
#else
#define CMD_FREE "/sbin/sysctl"
#define CMD_ARGS "hw.usermem"
#endif
int set_limit (int);
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
int i, n = 0;
unsigned long *p;
unsigned long *p_new;
char *args[] = { CMD_FREE, CMD_ARGS, NULL };
unsigned long size = sizeof (*p);
int megs = DEFAULT_MEGS;
int pid;
if (argc == 2)
megs = atoi (argv[1]);
printf ("Mem2Swap - Version 1.0\n");
if (!set_limit (megs))
printf ("%d MB demanded ", megs);
else {
printf ("\tUsage: %s [MEM]\n\n", argv[0]);
printf ("Report bugs to mbroeker@largo.homelinux.org\n");
perror ("Limit Error");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
if ((p = malloc (N * size)) == NULL)
return EXIT_FAILURE;
for (;;) {
for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
p[n * N + i] = size * (n * N + i);
if ((p_new = realloc (p, (++n + 1) * N * size)))
p = p_new;
else
break;
}
if (p) {
printf ("and %ld MB allocated\n", p[n * N - 1] / 1024 / 1024);
free (p);
}
printf ("\n\n");
pid = fork ();
switch (pid) {
case 0:
execve (CMD_FREE, args, NULL);
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
case -1:
perror ("Fork Error");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
default:
wait (&pid);
}
return pid;
}