guile/test-suite/standalone/test-stack-overflow

#!/bin/sh
guild compile "$0"
exec guile -q -s "$0" "$@"
!#

(unless (defined? 'setrlimit)
  ;; Without an rlimit, this test can take down your system, as it
  ;; consumes all of your memory in stack space.  That doesn't seem like
  ;; something we should run as part of an automated test suite.
  (exit 0))

(when (string-ci= "darwin" (vector-ref (uname) 0))
  ;; setrlimits are ignored in OS X (tested on 10.9 and 10.10). Proceeding
  ;; with the test would fill all available memory and probably end in a crash.
  ;; See also test-out-of-memory.
  (exit 77)) ; uresolved

(when (string-ci= "GNU" (vector-ref (uname) 0))
  ;; setrlimits are not yet implemented on GNU/Hurd systems. Proceeding
  ;; with the test would end in a crash. See
  ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2017-05/msg00013.html>
  (exit 77)) ; unresolved

(when (string-contains-ci (vector-ref (uname) 0) "CYGWIN_NT")
  ;; attempting to use setrlimits for memory RLIMIT_AS will always
  ;; produce an invalid argument error on Cygwin (tested on
  ;; CYGWIN_NT-10.0 DLL v2.7.0).  Proceeding with the test would fill
  ;; all available memory and probably end in a crash.  See also
  ;; test-out-of-memory.
  (exit 77)) ; unresolved

;; 100 MB.
(define *limit* (* 100 1024 1024))

(call-with-values (lambda () (getrlimit 'as))
  (lambda (soft hard)
    (unless (and soft (< soft *limit*))
      (setrlimit 'as (if hard (min *limit* hard) *limit*) hard))))

(define (test)
  (catch 'stack-overflow
    (lambda ()
      (let lp ()
        (lp)
        (error "should not be reached")))
    (lambda _
      #t)))

;; Run the test a few times.  The stack will only be enlarged and
;; relocated on the first one.

(test)
(test)
(test)
(test)
(test)

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