diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-excessive-memory.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-excessive-memory.c
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+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ 
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+   Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
+   bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu  */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define MEGS 64
+
+int main()
+{
+  void *mem;
+  
+  mem = malloc (MEGS * 1024ULL * 1024ULL);
+
+  for (;;)
+    sleep (1);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-excessive-memory.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gcore-excessive-memory.exp
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+# Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  
+
+set testfile gcore-excessive-memory
+set srcfile ${testfile}.c
+set shfile [standard_output_file ${testfile}-gdb.sh]
+set corefile [standard_output_file ${testfile}.core]
+set binfile [standard_output_file ${testfile}]
+if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable {debug}] != "" } {
+    untested "Couldn't compile test program"
+    return -1
+}
+
+set f [open "|getconf PAGESIZE" "r"]
+gets $f pagesize
+close $f
+
+set pid_of_bin [eval exec $binfile &]
+sleep 2
+
+# Get things started.
+
+gdb_exit
+gdb_start
+gdb_reinitialize_dir $srcdir/$subdir
+gdb_load ${binfile}
+
+set pid_of_gdb [exp_pid -i [board_info host fileid]]
+
+gdb_test "attach $pid_of_bin" "Attaching to .*" "attach"
+gdb_test "up 99" "in main .*" "verify we can get to main"
+
+proc memory_v_pages_get {} {
+    global pid_of_gdb pagesize
+    set fd [open "/proc/$pid_of_gdb/statm"]
+    gets $fd line
+    close $fd
+    # number of pages of virtual memory
+    scan $line "%d" drs
+    return $drs
+}
+
+set pages_found [memory_v_pages_get]
+
+# It must be definitely less than `MEGS' of `gcore-excessive-memory.c'.
+set mb_gcore_reserve 4
+verbose -log "pages_found = $pages_found, mb_gcore_reserve = $mb_gcore_reserve"
+set kb_found [expr $pages_found * $pagesize / 1024]
+set kb_permit [expr $kb_found + 1 * 1024 + $mb_gcore_reserve * 1024]
+verbose -log "kb_found = $kb_found, kb_permit = $kb_permit"
+
+# Create the ulimit wrapper.
+set f [open $shfile "w"]
+puts $f "#! /bin/sh"
+puts $f "ulimit -v $kb_permit"
+puts $f "exec $GDB \"\$@\""
+close $f
+remote_exec host "chmod +x $shfile"
+
+gdb_exit
+set GDBold $GDB
+set GDB "$shfile"
+gdb_start
+set GDB $GDBold
+
+gdb_reinitialize_dir $srcdir/$subdir
+gdb_load ${binfile}
+
+set pid_of_gdb [exp_pid -i [board_info host fileid]]
+
+gdb_test "attach $pid_of_bin" "Attaching to .*" "attach"
+gdb_test "up 99" "in main .*" "verify we can get to main"
+
+verbose -log "kb_found before gcore = [expr [memory_v_pages_get] * $pagesize / 1024]"
+
+gdb_test "gcore $corefile" "Saved corefile \[^\n\r\]*" "Save the core file"
+
+verbose -log "kb_found after gcore = [expr [memory_v_pages_get] * $pagesize / 1024]"
+
+# Cleanup.
+exec kill -9 $pid_of_bin
