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-rw-r--r--src/sort.c14
-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sort-merge7
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 13935218a..2039dabf8 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -1105,14 +1105,7 @@ specify_nmerge (int oi, char c, char const *s)
e = LONGINT_OVERFLOW;
}
else
- {
- /* Need to re-check that we meet the minimum
- requirement for memory usage with the new,
- potentially larger, nmerge. */
- sort_size = MAX (sort_size, MIN_SORT_SIZE);
-
- return;
- }
+ return;
}
}
@@ -3320,6 +3313,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
files = −
}
+ /* Need to re-check that we meet the minimum requirement for memory
+ usage with the final value for NMERGE. */
+ if (0 < sort_size)
+ sort_size = MAX (sort_size, MIN_SORT_SIZE);
+
if (checkonly)
{
if (nfiles > 1)
diff --git a/tests/misc/sort-merge b/tests/misc/sort-merge
index a2524c40c..fb7c63cc1 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sort-merge
+++ b/tests/misc/sort-merge
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ my $prog = 'sort';
# three empty files and one that says 'foo'
my @inputs = (+(map{{IN=> {"empty$_"=> ''}}}1..3), {IN=> {foo=> "foo\n"}});
+my $big_input = "aaa\n" x 1024;
+
# don't need to check for existence, since we're running in a temp dir
my $badtmp = 'does/not/exist';
@@ -66,6 +68,11 @@ my @Tests =
['nmerge-no', "-m --batch-size=2 -T$badtmp", @inputs,
{ERR_SUBST=>"s|: $badtmp/sort.+||"},
{ERR=>"$prog: cannot create temporary file\n"}, {EXIT=>2}],
+
+ # This used to fail because setting batch-size without also setting
+ # buffer size would cause the buffer size to be set to the minimum.
+ ['batch-size', "--batch-size=16 -T$badtmp", {IN=> {big=> $big_input}},
+ {OUT=>$big_input}],
);
my $save_temps = $ENV{DEBUG};