#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define GIGABYTE 1024*1024*1024

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        void *myblock = NULL;
        int count = 0;

        for(count = 1; count < 17; count++)
        {
                myblock = (void *) malloc(GIGABYTE);
                if (!myblock) break;
                memset(myblock,1, GIGABYTE);
                printf("Currently allocating %d GB\n", count);
        }

        while (1)
        {
                sleep(10);
        }
}