[ruby-dev:48170] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9687] Make a cap for malloc_limit adjustment

Issue #9687 has been updated by Tomoyuki Chikanaga.

Backport changed from 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: REQUIRED to 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: DONE

r45468 was backported into ruby_2_1 branch at r45817.

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Bug #9687: Make a cap for malloc_limit adjustment
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9687#change-46515

* Author: Koichi Sasada
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Koichi Sasada
* Category: core
* Target version: current: 2.2.0
* ruby -v: 2.2
* Backport: 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: DONE
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The blog post [Ruby Garbage Collection: Still Not Ready for Production] (http://www.omniref.com/blog/blog/2014/03/27/ruby-garbage-collection-still-not-ready-for-production/) pointed out that the following code consumes all of memory:

```ruby
while true
  "a" * (1024 ** 2)
end
```

This is because `malloc_limit' grows and grows infinitely.

The following patch will solve this issue.

```
Index: gc.c
===================================================================
--- gc.c	(revision 45433)
+++ gc.c	(working copy)
@@ -2890,7 +2890,7 @@ gc_before_sweep(rb_objspace_t *objspace)
 	    malloc_limit = (size_t)(inc * gc_params.malloc_limit_growth_factor);
 	    if (gc_params.malloc_limit_max > 0 && /* ignore max-check if 0 */
 		malloc_limit > gc_params.malloc_limit_max) {
-		malloc_limit = inc;
+		malloc_limit = gc_params.malloc_limit_max;
 	    }
 	}
 	else {
```

Maybe this patch should be applied for 2.1.x series.



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