···11# memtest
2233+[](https://github.com/jeduardo/memtest/actions)
44+35This is a simple utility which allocates as much megabytes of RAM as requested, pausing 0 or more seconds during allocation. It was designed to verify the progression of memory allocation on Linux environments under cgroups constraints for memory usage.
4657## Building
6879The following dependencies are required to build the software: gcc, automake, and [valgrind](http://valgrind.org/) for the small test suite.
81099-- `make all` to build, test, and prepare the program for release.
1010-- `make test` to build and test the program.
1111-- `make memtest` to just build the program.
1212-- `make clean` to clean the entire workspace.
1111+* `make all` to build, test, and prepare the program for release.
1212+* `make test` to build and test the program.
1313+* `make memtest` to just build the program.
1414+* `make clean` to clean the entire workspace.
1515+13161417## Using
15181619The program accepts two arguments:
17201818-- -m: memory size in MB, required.
1919-- -s: number of seconds to wait between allocations, optional.
2121+* -m: memory size in MB, required.
2222+* -s: number of seconds to wait between allocations, optional.
20232124### Sample run
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