1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/run b/test/run
index 28d0caa0f..ec0195253 100755
--- a/test/run
+++ b/test/run
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ TMP2FILE=/tmp/gotest2-$$-$USER
 
 # don't run the machine out of memory: limit individual processes to 4GB.
 # on thresher, 3GB suffices to run the tests; with 2GB, peano fails.
-ulimit -v 4000000
+# Linux charges reserved but not mapped addresses to ulimit -v
+# so we have to use ulimit -m.
+ulimit -m 4000000
 
 # no core files please
 ulimit -c 0