diff --git a/trunk/research/frame/bad_alloc0.cpp b/trunk/research/frame/bad_alloc0.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4002e200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/research/frame/bad_alloc0.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ulimit -S -v 204800
+g++ -g -O0 bad_alloc0.cpp -o bad_alloc && ./bad_alloc
+*/
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main(){
+    char* p1 = new char[193000 * 1024]; // huge allocation
+    char* p0 = new char[100 * 1024]; // small allocation
+    printf("OK\n");
+}
+
diff --git a/trunk/research/frame/bad_alloc1.cpp b/trunk/research/frame/bad_alloc1.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c14326a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/research/frame/bad_alloc1.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ulimit -S -v 204800
+g++ -g -O0 bad_alloc1.cpp -o bad_alloc && ./bad_alloc
+*/
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <new>
+void handler() {
+    printf("Memory allocate failed\n");
+    std::set_new_handler(NULL); // New will try to alloc again, then abort.
+}
+int main(){
+    std::set_new_handler(handler);
+    char* p1 = new char[193000 * 1024]; // huge allocation
+    char* p0 = new char[100 * 1024]; // small allocation
+    printf("OK\n");
+}
+