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Re: memory hog script crashes bash with segfault

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On 9/11/15 2:19 AM, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> $ ./bash -c ":(){ : $@$@;};: :"
> Segmentation fault

This is not a memory allocation problem.  You have defined an infinitely
recursive function that, when executed, eventually exceeds your stack size
resource limit.  When that happens, the kernel sends a SIGSEGV.

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