* gc.c (gc_before_sweep): cap `malloc_limit' to

  gc_params.malloc_limit_max.  It can grow and grow with such case:
    `loop{"a" * (1024 ** 2)}'
  [Bug #9687]
  This issue is pointed by Tim Robertson.
  http://www.omniref.com/blog/blog/2014/03/27/ruby-garbage-collection-still-not-ready-for-production/



git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@45468 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 106b2ecde7..3b9721e9d3 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -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 {