How do I force a program to appear to run out of memory?

Question

I have a C/C++ program that might be hanging when it runs out of memory. We discovered this by running many copies at the same time. I want to debug the program without co

Answer 1

If you want to spend money, there's a tool called Holodeck by SecurityInnovations, which lets you inject faults into your program (including low memory). Nice thing is you can turn stuff on and off at will. I haven't really used it, much, so I don't know if it's possible to program in faults at certain points with the tool. I also don't know what platforms are supported...