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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-04-13 07:15:06 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-04-13 07:15:06 +0000
commit66b1f79fb06d8d0715e74cedb848f245d404b5dd (patch)
treefce0f5b7cba5286c8c03a7a1d36bd0203850094f
parentf9b3e59ae52b6f359d3e66dd66c926cd6b51a54c (diff)
downloadcoreutils-66b1f79fb06d8d0715e74cedb848f245d404b5dd.tar.xz
(RLIMIT_AS): Do not define; just use conditional
code, since RLIMIT_RSS is similar (and is not standardized). (default_sort_size): Don't allocate more than the RSS limit, if this host has such a limit.
-rw-r--r--src/sort.c18
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 5d1a80a74..4cbb83509 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
struct rlimit { size_t rlim_cur; };
# define getrlimit(Resource, Rlp) (-1)
#endif
-#ifndef RLIMIT_AS
-# define RLIMIT_AS RLIMIT_DATA
-#endif
/* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
#define PROGRAM_NAME "sort"
@@ -665,11 +662,22 @@ default_sort_size (void)
size = mem;
if (getrlimit (RLIMIT_DATA, &rlimit) == 0 && rlimit.rlim_cur < size)
size = rlimit.rlim_cur;
+#ifdef RLIMIT_AS
if (getrlimit (RLIMIT_AS, &rlimit) == 0 && rlimit.rlim_cur < size)
size = rlimit.rlim_cur;
+#endif
+
+ /* Leave a large safety margin for the above limits, as failure can
+ occur when they are exceeded. */
+ size /= 2;
+
+#ifdef RLIMIT_RSS
+ if (getrlimit (RLIMIT_RSS, &rlimit) == 0 && rlimit.rlim_cur < size)
+ size = rlimit.rlim_cur;
+#endif
- /* Use half of SIZE, but no less than the minimum. */
- return MAX (size / 2, MIN_SORT_SIZE);
+ /* Use no less than the minimum. */
+ return MAX (size, MIN_SORT_SIZE);
}
/* Return the sort buffer size to use with the input files identified